Baseball star Barry Bonds indicted on perjury charges
{{date|November 15, 2007}}

{{United States infobox}}[[Baseball]] home-run leader [[w:Barry Bonds|Barry Bonds]] was indicted today in the [[United States]] [[w:United States district court|District Court]] in [[w:San Francisco|San Francisco]], [[California]]. The charges of [[w:perjury|perjury]] and [[w:obstruction of justice|obstruction of justice]] stem from Bonds's testimony that he did not knowingly take [[w:steroid|steroids]] to a [[w:grand jury|grand jury]] during the [[w:Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative|BALCO scandal]]. 

[[Image:Beiserebatedor.jpg|thumb|left|Barry Bonds {{Image source|Agência Brasil}}]]
Evidence was allegedly obtained during the investigation that included a positive test for performance-enhancing substances. Bonds, currently a [[w:free agent|free agent]], still denies using steroids.

The indictment said: "During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing substances for Bonds and other professional athletes."

If Bonds is convicted of all four counts of [[w:perjury|perjury]] and one count of [[w:obstruction of justice|obstruction of justice]], he could face up to 20 to 30 years in [[w:prison|prison]].

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1533445020071115
|title=Barry Bonds lied about steroid use: indictment
|author=Adam Tanner
|pub=Reuters
|date=November 15, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21823966/|title=Bonds indicted on perjury, obstruction charges|author=Associated Press|pub=MSNBC|date=November 15, 2007}}

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Baseball home-run leader Barry Bonds was indicted today in the United States District Court in San Francisco, California. The charges of perjury and obstruction of justice stem from Bonds's testimony that he did not knowingly take steroids to a grand jury during the BALCO scandal. 

Barry Bonds 
Evidence was allegedly obtained during the investigation that included a positive test for performance-enhancing substances. Bonds, currently a free agent, still denies using steroids.

The indictment said: "During the criminal investigation, evidence was obtained including positive tests for the presence of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing substances for Bonds and other professional athletes."

If Bonds is convicted of all four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice, he could face up to 20 to 30 years in prison.
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