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Bonds's Judge Has Record of Being Frank and Fair
[SIZE=-1]New York Times[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Illston declined to be interviewed for this article. But lawyers who have followed the Balco case say she has handled it with a relatively even hand, meting out sentences proportionate to each defendants role in the overall case. For example, Victor Conte Jr., the founder of Balco, received a four-month prison sentence, but Tammy Thomas received six months house arrest after she was found guilty of perjury.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]At times, Illston has spoken harshly to prosecutors and defendants alike. In 2005, she rebuked Conte after he pleaded guilty to distributing steroids and money laundering. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]They were cheating and you helped them cheat, Illston told him, according to an article in The San Francisco Chronicle. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]At the same hearing, she scolded the government for aggressively pursuing a case that was likely to result in a short sentence.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Illston also appeared frustrated with prosecutors at a hearing earlier this month when she asked why they would call Anderson to testify even though he has long refused to cooperate and spent a year in jail for refusing to testify against Bonds. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]At the hearing, Illston raised her voice when she asked Matthew Parrella, an assistant United States attorney, if he had heard of a case in which someone was jailed twice for refusing to testify. When Parrella said he did not know of such an example, Illston responded, Neither have I.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]New York Times[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Illston declined to be interviewed for this article. But lawyers who have followed the Balco case say she has handled it with a relatively even hand, meting out sentences proportionate to each defendants role in the overall case. For example, Victor Conte Jr., the founder of Balco, received a four-month prison sentence, but Tammy Thomas received six months house arrest after she was found guilty of perjury.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]At times, Illston has spoken harshly to prosecutors and defendants alike. In 2005, she rebuked Conte after he pleaded guilty to distributing steroids and money laundering. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]They were cheating and you helped them cheat, Illston told him, according to an article in The San Francisco Chronicle. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]At the same hearing, she scolded the government for aggressively pursuing a case that was likely to result in a short sentence.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Illston also appeared frustrated with prosecutors at a hearing earlier this month when she asked why they would call Anderson to testify even though he has long refused to cooperate and spent a year in jail for refusing to testify against Bonds. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]At the hearing, Illston raised her voice when she asked Matthew Parrella, an assistant United States attorney, if he had heard of a case in which someone was jailed twice for refusing to testify. When Parrella said he did not know of such an example, Illston responded, Neither have I.[/SIZE]
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