Barry Bonds 判刑 終於... - 美國職棒

Barry Bonds gets 30 days house arrest,two years probation;
sentence stayed pending appeal


***
The Barry Bonds case is over. Bonds, as we speak, is being sentenced. The
penalty: 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of
community service. This, by the way, is what the probation office
recommended. Prosecutors were seeking a 15 month jail term.

In handing out her sentence, the judge observed that she agreed with the jury
that Bonds tried to obstruct justice. Just that he failed. She noted that he
did not threaten witnesses, for example. When I first read his grand jury
testimony three and a half years ago I observed the same thing. You can tell
Barry wanted to perjure himself. He just was pretty damn bad at it.

The judge also noted that the sentence took into account that Bonds has a
strong record of philanthropy, much of which is unpublicized. Weighing
against that, I presume, is that he is a lousy stinkin’ cheater who robbed
some sportswriters of their childhood memories.

Of course, there was some pathetic desperation on the part of the prosecution
during the hearing. When trying to argue against the light sentence, the
prosecutor said that Bonds planned to lie ahead of time and that he kept
mistresses and lived a double life for years. The judge, not having it, noted
that Bonds wasn’t convicted of any of that. It’s something the prosecution
and most of the people sitting in moral judgment of Barry Bonds have never
quite gotten their minds around, but there you go.

I don’t know about you, but I would feel more secure walking the mean
streets of Los Altos Hills tonight, knowing that Barry Bonds is secure behind
the bars of the home security system that cost more than many public schools.

UPDATE: Bonds won’t even have to serve any of that now. The judge has
stayed (delayed) the sentence until after Bonds’ appeal of his conviction is
heard. Which will take some time. And, in my opinion, may very well prevail.


http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/16/barry-bonds-gets-30-days-house-arrest-two-years-probation/

--



Beautiful words: Former GM Jim Hendry

--