Desperate Prosecutors Use Blatant Intimidation to Pressure Greg Anderson to Testify Against Barry Bonds
The Government's Shameful Behavior in the Barry Bonds Steroid Inquisition
Prosecutors in the U.S. United States Attorney's Office in the Northern District of California are increasingly showing signs of desperation in their steroid-related perjury case against Barry Bonds. The desperation has become increasingly apparent during the weeks leading up to the trial after federal prosecutors have failed to secure the critical testimony of Bonds' personal trainer Greg Anderson. Prosecutors have recognized the importance of Anderson as a key government witness testifying against Bonds and have obsessively pursued his testimony obsessively to no avail. Judge Susan Illston has ruled significant pieces of evidence as inadmissible, including all three alleged positive steroid tests and doping calendars/ledgers, unless Anderson testifies to verify their authenticity.
The significance of a successful conviction of Barry Bonds for prosecutors can not be understated. The San Francisco division of the U.S. Attorney's Office has spent $55 million and counting in their dubious effort at making an example out steroid users in sports, specifically Barry Bonds. The San Francisco office is the agency most responsible for the morally inspired steroid witch-hunt against steroid use in professional sports. The U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco has been building its case against Barry Bonds for almost five years utilizing every last moment of time permitted under the five year statute of limitations. In spite of spending so much time and money, the case is surprisingly weak and in most other circumstances would not go to trial. But the government is desperate and has resorted to questionable tactics in their continuing steroid witch-hunt against Barry Bonds.
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The Government's Shameful Behavior in the Barry Bonds Steroid Inquisition
Prosecutors in the U.S. United States Attorney's Office in the Northern District of California are increasingly showing signs of desperation in their steroid-related perjury case against Barry Bonds. The desperation has become increasingly apparent during the weeks leading up to the trial after federal prosecutors have failed to secure the critical testimony of Bonds' personal trainer Greg Anderson. Prosecutors have recognized the importance of Anderson as a key government witness testifying against Bonds and have obsessively pursued his testimony obsessively to no avail. Judge Susan Illston has ruled significant pieces of evidence as inadmissible, including all three alleged positive steroid tests and doping calendars/ledgers, unless Anderson testifies to verify their authenticity.
The significance of a successful conviction of Barry Bonds for prosecutors can not be understated. The San Francisco division of the U.S. Attorney's Office has spent $55 million and counting in their dubious effort at making an example out steroid users in sports, specifically Barry Bonds. The San Francisco office is the agency most responsible for the morally inspired steroid witch-hunt against steroid use in professional sports. The U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco has been building its case against Barry Bonds for almost five years utilizing every last moment of time permitted under the five year statute of limitations. In spite of spending so much time and money, the case is surprisingly weak and in most other circumstances would not go to trial. But the government is desperate and has resorted to questionable tactics in their continuing steroid witch-hunt against Barry Bonds.
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