Truemors
The complicated trial of Barry Bonds took another
turn today, as the career home-run leader pled not guilty to charges of
lying under oath, paving the way for a final hearing on March 2, 2009.
His neck remains incredibly thick, suggesting, but not proving, that he
took steroids.
Barry Bonds
is scheduled to stand trial on March 2, 2009, after pleading not guilty
Friday to 14 charges of making false statements under oath about
whether he used performance-enhancing drugs and one charge of
obstruction of justice.
The
charges against Bonds, baseball’s career home run leader, stem from
statements he made in 2003 in a federal investigation.The 15
counts supersede last year’s five-count indictment; his defense team
had challenged that indictment, and United States district Judge Susan
Illston had agreed that the original five counts were “unnecessiarly
cumbersome and complicated.” The government responded by filing the new
indictment, but none of the counts concern different testimony than in
the original charges.For each of the 14 counts of making a false
statement, Bonds faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000
fine. For the one count of obstruction of justice he faces a maximum of
10 years in prison and an additional $250,000 fine.
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