Breaking news. Barry Bonds Indicted on 14 counts of perjury. Your thoughts on this?

The defense got some of the evidence excluded before trial. As the prosecution might have needed that evidence to prove its case on those 6 counts, those counts were dropped. It could be a strategic move.

The prosecution probably wants to give only a few counts to the jury rather than giving the jury the opportunity to start acquitting Bonds on some of the charges. As this case will be tried in San Francisco, it would not surprise me if Bonds is found not guilty on all charges. I can't imagine voting to convict someone I like who allegedly used steroids, say Brandon Spikes.

I might just think, at least in that case, that it was an NFL problem which has been handled. Plus the crimes charged are not the use of steroids but lying about it to the grand jury. That is how the SEC got Martha Stewart, not for using insider information but for lying about it to the grand jury.

A San Francisco jury might be persuaded to take a pass on that level of technicality. Finally there is the Scooter's rule of legal analysis, wealthy and famous ballplayers like Jim Leyritz don't get convicted. If Leyritz could kill someone while driving drunk and Ray Lewis could be an accessory to murder and walk, isn't just a little possible that a jury of 12 Giant fans might let Barry Bonds go?

It still doesn't change the fact that he used "cream" on his body. It still doesn't change the fact that Greg Anderson sat in jail because Bonds wouldn't tell the truth of the matter. Technicalities can sometimes cast a cloud over a clear day.

Bonds cheated and that will NEVER change. If he gets away with this, how sad it will be for baseball. Think of the precedent this will create if he walks.

The HOF will be tarnished forever.

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