The Confusing Verdict in the Barry Bonds Steroids-Perjury Trial

[Steroid News]

Even though Bonds was NOT found guilty of perjury, most people will happily remain ignorant of that fact. All they will remember is that he was “guilty”. In the days and weeks that follow, you will inevitably hear people talk about Bonds being found guilty of lying about steroids. This is not true but good luck trying to explain the legal details of the jury verdict to the average baseball fan.

• The government failed to prove that Barry Bonds knowingly received steroids from Greg Anderson.
  
• The government failed to prove that Barry Bonds received an injection from anyone other than his doctor.
  
• The government failed to prove that Barry Bonds received human growth hormone from Greg Anderson.

Nonetheless, the government (and anti-doping crusaders) will try to spin this a major victory for the prosecution and for anti-steroid advocates. They will likely try to suggest that the case proves that Bonds lied about steroids. The irony is that this in itself will be a lie.

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