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Will the spectacle of the Barry Bonds trial be good or bad for perceptions of federal criminal justice?

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted in this San Francisco Chronicle article, which is headlined "Barry Bonds trial: Expect a 'heavyweight' fight," a federal district court in California is getting a running start on baseball season with the start today of Barry Bonds' federal criminal trial for perjury. Here is some of the backstory with a bit of sentencing perspective on the forthcoming spectacle: Bonds was indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, accused of lying under oath when he told a grand jury in 2003 that he had never knowingly used steroids. Now, in a trial that is scheduled to get under way Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, a jury will be asked to decide whether baseball's home run king set his historic mark while using a long list of banned drugs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 21, 2011 (boomark / email).