Barry Bonds Trial Begins With Jury Selection

And So It Begins: It’s finally here. Barry Bonds’ legal trial begins today with jury selection. Bonds faces four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. Here, via ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada, is the prospective juror questionnaire. From the vein of questions 31-33, those who blog or comment on blogs probably will not be on the jury. [@markfwespn]

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14 Responses to “Barry Bonds Trial Begins With Jury Selection”

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Vladdy Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 12:49 PM
/Team Bonds
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ms621 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 12:56 PM
Barry has lined up some of the best defense attorneys in the nation. I read yesterday that he’s already spent over a $1 million of his own money on legal bills.
Why is almost everything that ends in ‘y’ pluralized to ‘-ies’ except attorneys?
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Tim Ryan (TheSportsHernia) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 12:57 PM
Mark Fainaru-Wada looks like his name should be Wilford.
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wilhelmreems Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 12:57 PM
if i were called, i would make sure to wear a Bonds jersey, giants hat, hold a Giants banner on a stick and be sure to mention how great i think barry is.
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wilhelmreems Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:00 PM
and don’t forget to vote for the Sanchize on ESPN’s Madden 12 Sportsnation poll!
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mrejr8234 comes for the sports posts but stays to kill the local inhabitants Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:00 PM
I CHARGE YOU WITH WASTING TAX PAYER MONEY ON GOING AFTER BARRY BONDS!
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Vladdy Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:02 PM
Pardon the man.
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ms621 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:02 PM
I have a friend who used to be in the Uniform Division of the Secret Service. He was called to jury duty a couple of months ago at the county courthouse. Naturally I said to him “well that sucks that you have to waste a day on that”, but he said “Oh no, it won’t be a problem. If you identify yourself as ex-law enforcement on the questionnaire or during voir dire then they automatically exclude you. I should at my office before lunch”.
So as I was leaving work that day around 6pm, I got a call from him saying that he had just gotten dismissed only a few minutes ago. When I asked him how he ended up being there all day he practically yelled through the phone “they never fucking gave me the opportunity to say I was ex-law enforcement! The bastards!”.
I had a great deal of laughter as his expense.
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Badger Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Three and a half years from indictment to trial. Love that 6th Amendment. The eyewitness testimony should be spectacular.
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wilhelmreems Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Three and a half years from indictment to trial. Love that 6th Amendment. The eyewitness testimony should be spectacular.
that would be a riveting episode of law and order.
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gfunk supreme Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Why is almost everything that ends in ‘y’ pluralized to ‘-ies’ except attorneys?
Because it doesn’t just end in ‘y’, it ends in ‘ey’. Only other examples I can think of at the moment are ‘jockey -> jockeys’ and donkey -> donkeys but I’m sure there are more.
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tall "order restored" guy Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Because it doesn’t just end in ‘y’, it ends in ‘ey’. Only other examples I can think of at the moment are ‘jockey -> jockeys’ and donkey -> donkeys but I’m sure there are more.
The rule is if ‘y’ is preceded by a vowel, you don’t change it to ‘ies’, you just add an ‘s’
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jaywashere Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 5:02 PM
Only a bunch of pompous government douchebags could make Bonds a sympathetic figure…
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heldover Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 5:55 PM
/Team Sid Bream
F*ck Barry Bonds. F*ck him yesterday, today and tomorrow. Dude’s a fucking hack who juiced to pass a real man’s record. I hope Hank fucking Aaron lives to be 200-years-old so he dance on Bonds’ grave.

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Barry Bonds Trial Begins With Jury Selection

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