Let's shoot the messengers!

[Mephistopheles]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2597854

 

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters were ordered jailed Thursday for a maximum of 18 months, pending an appeal, for refusing to testify about who leaked them secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds and other elite athletes.

 

Didn't see this posted. Barry is only like 24 homers away from Aaron. One more?

Edited September 22, 2006 by Mephistopheles

[photoguy9883]

umm... They're not being jailed because of the steroids. They're being jailed for contempt of court, because they refuse to say who illegally leaked grand jury testimony to them. They are, in effect, committing a crime.

[Soriano12]

Barry is only like 24* homers away from Aaron. O

 

Fixed

[FergieJ31]

Barry is only like 24* homers away from Aaron. O

 

Fixed

 

Well played :lol:

 

Someone here used to have a great sig that was a photo of Barry looking up and apparently pointing at a large Photoshopped asterisk hovering over his head ... loved that sig.

[Tracer Bullet]

umm... They're not being jailed because of the steroids. They're being jailed for contempt of court, because they refuse to say who illegally leaked grand jury testimony to them. They are, in effect, committing a crime.

 

They also may be protected by the Shield Law. I'll be interested to see what the 9th Circuit has to say.

[photoguy9883]

umm... They're not being jailed because of the steroids. They're being jailed for contempt of court, because they refuse to say who illegally leaked grand jury testimony to them. They are, in effect, committing a crime.

 

They also may be protected by the Shield Law. I'll be interested to see what the 9th Circuit has to say.

 

It was a federal grand jury. There is no federal shield law.

[Soul]

umm... They're not being jailed because of the steroids. They're being jailed for contempt of court, because they refuse to say who illegally leaked grand jury testimony to them. They are, in effect, committing a crime.

 

They also may be protected by the Shield Law. I'll be interested to see what the 9th Circuit has to say.

 

It was a federal grand jury. There is no federal shield law.

 

I believe it is being appealed though. I, too, will be interested to see what happens the next rung up.

[Soriano12]

Barry is only like 24* homers away from Aaron. O

 

Fixed

 

Well played :lol:

 

Someone here used to have a great sig that was a photo of Barry looking up and apparently pointing at a large Photoshopped asterisk hovering over his head ... loved that sig.

 

I would love to see that.

 

8)

[sweetpeteman]

Barry is only like 24* homers away from Aaron. O

 

Fixed

 

Well played :lol:

 

Someone here used to have a great sig that was a photo of Barry looking up and apparently pointing at a large Photoshopped asterisk hovering over his head ... loved that sig.

 

I would love to see that.

 

8)

 

http://www.glossynews.com/artman/uploads/barry-bonds-asterisk_001.jpg

 

 

and all I had to do was type "bonds asterisk" into google image...

[Soriano12]

thanks

:lol:

[photoguy9883]

umm... They're not being jailed because of the steroids. They're being jailed for contempt of court, because they refuse to say who illegally leaked grand jury testimony to them. They are, in effect, committing a crime.

 

They also may be protected by the Shield Law. I'll be interested to see what the 9th Circuit has to say.

 

It was a federal grand jury. There is no federal shield law.

 

I believe it is being appealed though. I, too, will be interested to see what happens the next rung up.

 

The judge's ruling to jail them is being appealed, not the finding that put them there.

[Wilson A2000]

On a separate note, Bonds supposeldy lied on the stand. He said that he didn't know he was taking steroids. Well then why isn't he suing the guy who gave him them? If Bonds is consistent, he shoudl do this. But he knows he can't. That would blow up in his face and would further prove his guilt.

[thedaymen]

I'd put money that W pardons them before they ever see the inside of a jail. Super-duper baseball guy that he is.