Do you tink Barry Bonds should go to jail for perjury?
348944
Being able to actually "legally" prove that he lied to the Grand Jury can be a tough job! However, I think Bonds knew damned well exactly what supplements and substances he was taking and needs to take full responsibility for these actions. He may not eventually brake Aaron's 755 home run record if he decides not to return in 2007? Poor guy does NOT deserve any more sympathy.  Boo-hoo...Like that old adage: "You do the Crime then You do the time!"
492371
Barry Bonds would not still be playing if he had not taken performance enhancers.  Yes, he is a great home run hitter, but no one, NO ONE, has ever doubled their home run-to-at-bat ratio at the age of 39 or 40.  Why?\n\nAdvancing age decreases home run output for everyone.  UNLESS you are elongating your career with performance enhancers.  In short, Barry Bonds is cheating every single player who ever played straight.\n\nFrom 2000-2005, Barry Bonds should have half the home runs he hit nullified.  These are the dates that he is documented as having been taking performance enhancing drugs.  These are the dates his home run-to-at-bat ratio doubled.\n\nBaseball needs to take action on this for the integrity of the game, and for the honor of every Major League player who did not enhance their skills with some kind of substance.  The fans deserve to know that their favorite players can be looked up to for the skills they were born with.  Not for trying to beat the system, and us, for the sake of more money.\n\nBarry Bonds is a great player, and he is also a selfish, delusional, misguided sociopath who thinks the rules don't apply to him.  That is a great message to send to our kids.\n\nHis punishment will send a message that sportsmanship is not dead.  Even though there is trash talking, fights, and huge egos, a line has to be drawn at performance enhancing substances.  You and I can't get away with it, so why should our athletes.
1046121
You need to clarify your question. Are you asking if a police officer would lie in court if the sentence for perjury was the same? Because it is. Are you asking if an officer would lie in court if the sentence was the same for him as is it for the person who committed the crime he's testifying about?\n\nClarify your question with : Here's the story.....
651553
Whether Bonds is racist doesn't concern me, but if he cheated using steroids it does.  Aaron and Ruth are both good players.
742944
Get you put in jail for fraud.
122295
Yes.  They may not be bound by Christian ethics, but if they lie, they have committed perjury and can do jail time for it.
562688
Wow, are you late to the game. What have you done in your past? Oh? You're not perfect? I seem to remember ex-President Clinton committing a crime WHILE IN OFFICE. Yes, perjury is a crime, no matter what the topic of the investigation. Oh, and not to mention all the rapes and sexual assaults he committed that got swept under the rug.\n\n\nYour hate for Bush blinds your judgment, fool.
228542
Pending the investigation?  Nothing - you can't punish someone on suspicion of wrongdoing, not matter how apparent it is.  If the investigation proves he used 'roids and other performance-enhancing drugs in the manner of the book's allegations, then he should be banned from baseball.
686905
I don't necessarily "hate" Barry, but I don't respect him or his accomplishments either.  Just as I don't respect Mark McGuire's accomplishments.\n\nIf you cheat, you shouldn't get any respect, and that is exactly what has happened to Bonds.  Sorry, but cheaters never prosper.
548939
seriously, everyone needs to step off Barry. He's one of the greatest players of all time, steroids or not. Steroids are cheating? I'm not saying i like them or would ever use them, but when he did them it was part of the game. Experts and other players estimate over 1/2 of all big leaguers were using steroids in the late 90s/early 00s. I mean, ho9lding in football is illegal, but most o linemen hold anyway. And they sure as he11 try not to get caught. \n\nConcluision: i'm glad streoids are over in baseball, i'm glad we have had such an amazing player as Barry to watch break the big records IN OUR LIFETIME, and I'm glad he hates the media, they made him out to look like what many people still see him as, an a$$hole cheater who deserves to be stricken from the record books. I think cheering at someone getting hit is wrong. Booing A-rod when he comes back to Seattle is one thing, cheering Bonds for getting hit intentionally is another. People need to get over what Bonds and everyone else did and start to be good baseball fans.
1139201
He is innocent until proven guilty, and his wife was the one to bail him out, so who knows what's going on there.\n\nHe should keep playing until he is (IF he is) declared guilty. It would be horrible (and pretty un-American) to kill the guys career on an allegation. If he is found guilty, he should be banned; he would be a felon, and a pretty big dirtbag as well.
420301
no way...it is a tainted record and bonds is out of favor. In the long run, 10-20 years it will die down some and records will be considered, but for now....look out below!
1037712
Yes he should be banned.  Although technically he was not cheating, we was breaking the law.  In case some of you forgot, steroids are ILLEGAL! Bonds is my favorite all-time player, but if he has been found to use steriods he broke the law and should be punished for it.  Rose broke the law and the rules of baseball and paid the price for doing so. I hope that it comes out that he did not use, but all indications point to that he did use and that is unfortunate because I think he was well on his way to becoming the best player in baseball history without using steriods.  Too bad.
248544
don't do it if you get caught fine and jail time
1184002
Alleged wife beater ....\n\nNothing will or should happen to him until his guilt is determined. Remember in this country you are innocent until proven guilty ...\n\nIf he is found to be guilty, I would imagine that his criminal penalty will be light, and his MLB consequences will not be all that great either. I would guess some community service ....The Phillies will certainly not release him as he is too talented for that (sad statement but true). Another team would pick him up in a heartbeat.
810029
Only if your in jail (sometimes)
797410
Too many issues to open that can of worms. However, there are some loopholes in the current system, for example it may be possible to bring different charges for the same crime like manslaughter instead of murder, depends on your luck with the judge since much of law today is judicial discretion & bench precedent. It a person gets off and then confesses (on tape, provable), if that person testified at the trial and said they were innocent, s/he could be charged with perjury among other things. It would be very foolish to confess though, because even if the person gets off legally, there are still civil lawsuits and consequences that are not so easily dismissed.