The wait for Barry Bonds’ verdict continues – MLB News
Seems like Barry Bonds would just have to wait some more for his verdict to be passed.
The very talented Major League Baseball star is currently on trial for perjury. According to reports it seems that Bonds made the grave mistake of not telling the truth in front a grand jury about not taking performance enhancing drugs; steroids. Many people
have mistaken this trial to be one for banned substance usage but that is not the case. It is purely about perjury.
The Jury consists of eight women and four men. They met and deliberated for the second time on Monday. Once again, no conclusion was reached.
The former Most Valued Player was quite a gamer, as he broke Hank Aarons home-run record and managed a new record of 756 home-runs three days later. The funny thing is that the gap since the time that arguments in the court were finished and the time till
a verdict passes is more than that of him reaching and breaking the much publicised record.
It has been reported by a popular San Francisco newspaper, that the jury made requests to those in charge to rehear two of the pieces of evidence. The transcripts that the judges wanted to rehear were the ones in regard to the injection count.
They heard Kathy Hoskins testimony who was Bonds personal shopper. She is one of the strongest witnesses out of the bunch that were presented. Kathy testified in the court that she had seen Bonds trainer, Greg Anderson, inject him near his belly button area.
She went on to tell the court that since Bonds trusted her he went ahead and told her the injection that Anderson had injected was something for when he was on the road. He further explained that it can neither be detected, nor caught.
They also heard a secret recording in which Anderson is talking about injecting Bonds. Both these evidences point towards Bond being injected.
This whole fiasco stated in 2003 when the grand jury was questioning him. The grand jury asked him, "No other person like Mr. Anderson or his associates gave you injections?" Bonds answered, "No, no."
Legal analyst, Dean Johnson believes that this move of the jury rehearing the testimonies can go two ways. First they may have rejected the other counts and are focusing solely on the second count. Or they are following the typical jury method and are going
count by count. If the second method is chosen then they jury will go through each count all over again in indictment. This would lead to a prolonged deliberation in case that happens.
Seven long years have passed since Bonds was first interrogated about the usage of steroids by federal investigators. Three years have passed since he was charged with the account of lying to a grand jury after claiming he never used performance enhancing
drugs knowingly. After a rigorous trial the jury is prolonging the verdict. One has to wonder, do people even care anymore?
Tags: