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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

ESPN: Superseding indictment adds perjury counts to Bonds

The U.S. attorney’s office filed 14 counts of perjury and one count of obstruction against Barry Bonds on Tuesday, sources told ESPN’s T.J. Quinn. The counts were filed in what’s known as a superseding indictment that added 10 more counts to the four baseball’s all-time home run king was charged with in November.

In March, the perjury case against Bonds was put on hold for three months, with prosecutors telling a federal judge they plan to obtain a new indictment against him.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston had told prosecutors on Feb. 29 to fix their original indictment because it lumped multiple allegations into too few counts. Illston said that prosecutors needed to drop some of the allegations from the indictment or add more charges.

AP: New indictment against slugger Barry Bonds unsealed

NTNgod Posted: May 13, 2008 at 08:21 PM | 19 comment(s)
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   1. The Bones McCoy of THT Posted: May 13, 2008 at 08:38 PM (#2779568)
Apropos of nothing but this headline on Yahoo is hilarious...

Francona out 2 games for in-law's death

I was told I could get 15-to-life.

Best Regards

John
   2. Rich Posted: May 13, 2008 at 08:44 PM (#2779581)
Without commenting on the merits of the indictment, it seems that the saga of Bonds's legal problems has really benefited T.J. Quinn's career, having "ascended" from the Daily News to ESPN since he first reported on the allegations against Bonds.
   3. Dan Szymborski Posted: May 13, 2008 at 08:48 PM (#2779590)
Out of curiosity, what's the federal statute of limitations for perjury?
   4. NTNgod Posted: May 13, 2008 at 08:48 PM (#2779591)
Quinn was the Daily News' steroid guy - I recall reading his byline of a large number of non-Bonds-related steroid articles, so it appears he's got pretty well-connected sources.
   5. Repoz Posted: May 13, 2008 at 08:53 PM (#2779608)
Suzyn Waldman had a semi-"goodness gracious" moment when she broke this news during the Yankee game with...(stern voice of doom here) "And John, here's news that's sure to be on the front pages tomorrow...(sternier crackle of ciggyvoice box of gloom) BARRY BONDS HAS BEEN INDICTED!"
   6. Ray DiPerna Posted: May 13, 2008 at 09:13 PM (#2779706)
Out of curiosity, what's the federal statute of limitations for perjury?


I'm pretty sure it's 5 years for non-capital offenses under Title 18. (Bonds is being charged under 18 USC 1623a for false declarations before a grand jury, and 18 USC 1503 for obstruction of justice.)

The alleged perjury occurred in December 2003.
   7. Rich Posted: May 13, 2008 at 09:13 PM (#2779712)
Yes, it's five years.
   8. depletion Posted: May 13, 2008 at 09:49 PM (#2779814)
Nick Johnson: Cheaters never prosper! Cheaters never prosper!
   9. Misirlou in a Gleaming Alloy Air Car Posted: May 13, 2008 at 09:59 PM (#2779845)
Nick Johnson: Cheaters never prosper! Cheaters never prosper!


Dean Wormer: Fat, injured and stupid is no way to got through life son.
   10. Joey B. Posted: May 13, 2008 at 10:36 PM (#2779956)
15 felony counts! Holy smokes, that's a lot of charges.
   11. Bruce Markusen Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:05 PM (#2779993)
Who posts first, Kevin or David?
   12. Spahn Insane Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:21 PM (#2780001)
kevin, without question. David will respond to kevin within 20 minutes, however.

I'm surprised kevin hasn't posted already, actually.
   13. kevin Posted: May 14, 2008 at 12:33 AM (#2780047)
DMN will be first.
   14. Ray DiPerna Posted: May 14, 2008 at 12:35 AM (#2780049)
Kevin posted that at 12:33 and it's now 12:35.

David has 18 minutes remaining to respond.
   15. Craig Calcaterra Posted: May 14, 2008 at 05:54 AM (#2780108)
Nothing new here, of course. Same lies alleged, simply broken out and cleaned up.
   16. Spahn Insane Posted: May 14, 2008 at 08:16 AM (#2780131)
DMN will be first.

Heh.
   17. amcg Posted: May 14, 2008 at 08:17 AM (#2780136)
Nothing new here, of course. Same lies alleged, simply broken out and cleaned up.

That's exactly what I thought. There's a lot of sensationalism in some of the reporting...
   18. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: May 14, 2008 at 08:18 AM (#2780137)
15 felony counts! Holy smokes, that's a lot of charges.

Unless I'm mistaken, this "new" indictment is essentially the same as the previous one, but with all the separate claims de-lumped together as per the judge's instructions. If they divided it by individual words, Bonds would be facing around 122 indictments.
   19. villageidiom Posted: May 14, 2008 at 08:24 AM (#2780138)
I'm surprised nobody took #13 seriously, then went off on kevin for making baseless accusations.

Other than the topic, I guess everything is surprising in this thread.
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