Steroid News
News bot on steroids
A majority of the jurors said prosecutors failed to prove Bonds knowingly used steroids or human growth hormone.
"I think he knew what he was taking,'' said the jury foreman, Fred Jacob. "But the government didn't prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. The governing force was that Bonds was innocent until proven guilty.''
[...]
"He was entirely evasive in his answers and it was obvious he was trying to avoid the questions,'' said a juror named Steve.
Steve said the panel was dissatisfied with Bonds' entire grand jury testimony, although the slugger was convicted specifically for discussing life as a "celebrity child of a famous father'' when asked whether his personal trainer, Greg Anderson, had ever given him a substance that required the use of a syringe.
"They would ask him a question and he would just talk about something else,'' Steve said.
Nonetheless, the jurors couldn't agree on the remaining three counts, prompting U.S. District Judge Susan Illston to declare a mistrial on those charges.
Read more: Jurors: Gov't failed to connect Bonds and steroids - MLB - SI.com
"I think he knew what he was taking,'' said the jury foreman, Fred Jacob. "But the government didn't prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. The governing force was that Bonds was innocent until proven guilty.''
[...]
"He was entirely evasive in his answers and it was obvious he was trying to avoid the questions,'' said a juror named Steve.
Steve said the panel was dissatisfied with Bonds' entire grand jury testimony, although the slugger was convicted specifically for discussing life as a "celebrity child of a famous father'' when asked whether his personal trainer, Greg Anderson, had ever given him a substance that required the use of a syringe.
"They would ask him a question and he would just talk about something else,'' Steve said.
Nonetheless, the jurors couldn't agree on the remaining three counts, prompting U.S. District Judge Susan Illston to declare a mistrial on those charges.
Read more: Jurors: Gov't failed to connect Bonds and steroids - MLB - SI.com
