So, lest we all forget, not only is Barry Bonds possibly got some collusion coming against him, but he's also got that whole indictment lying to a federal grand jury thing to deal with. Poor guy. If you remember the particulars of the indictment back in November, Bonds was charged with one count of obstruction and four counts of perjury. Well, a new superseding indictment is charging Bonds with 14 counts of making false declarations and one count of obstruction of justice. So what does it all mean? Nothing much, it seems.
No new lies were alleged in the new indictment and Bonds wouldn't serve additional prison time if convicted.So yes: it's pretty much the same thing. But the wording and charges are a bit different. Confusing? Perhaps.
"It's exactly the same," Golden Gate University law professor Peter Keane said. "It's two ways of saying it's lying and there's really no substantial difference between what he was charged with then and what he is charged with now."
This is why I never went to law school.
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1. Looks like Barry's gonna hafta write that tell all book....to help pay his legal expenses. Since he's been banned from baseball....there is no reason not to. Thanks to what happened to Vick there will be no pleas. Looks like we're gonna see more cracks in the great wall. I admire his love for the game....Me....every little secret/detail or whatever would've been revealed by now. Just think...almost 40 years of material. It's gonna be really good...or really bad. Hmmmmmm
Posted at 10:30AM on May 14th 2008 by Eddiewolf