Bonds Trial

The Bonds Trial begins tomorrow and his future will be decided in the coming weeks. This has been the highest profile steroid case and it has taken 8 years for the prosecution to put together a case. Many of the original charges have been dropped and it seems like the prosecutors are fumbling the case a little. It seems they are throwing darts at the wall and hoping one will stick. It's amazing how so much of Bonds' private life will come out during the trial as the prosecutors will be calling his old girlfriends, teammates, and trainers to the stand to comment on Bonds' physical changes over the years.

This trial is the final statement on the steroid years of baseball and the prosecution is desperate to get a guilty ruling. The pressure is enormous because the national media and public have already decided that he is guilty. Is it even possible for him to get a fair trial? Apparently there was a long questionnaire handed out to all the jurors so that the lawyers understood the previous knowledge of Bonds, the steroid scandals, and the case of course. Also I read last week that the jury is being barred from using social media and cell phones to prevent leaks and curious jury members from researching Bonds' backgound. What hole or cave do they have to go to in order to find someone who is completely impartial? I can imagine that they will toss out a lot of jurors.

I think we need to discuss the binomial outcome:

Guilty as Charged -
His assumed guilt is confirmed. Bonds goes to jail. The steroids scandal/era is put to rest. Bonds continues to be one of the most hated athletes. Not sure what happens to Anderson but it can't be good. Bonds doesn't make the hall of fame? Asterisk*? What happens to all his records? Does he officially retire?

Innocent
American public still thinks he's guilty and still hates him (or maybe even more than before). The DA gets fired for fumbling this case and wasting millions in tax payer dollars. Bonds stays out of jail. I guess Anderson is let loose, not a lawyer but I logically thinking this make sense. Bonds is never really proven of knowingly taking steroids and his hall of fame prospects are up. Bonds returns to baseball? He has yet to retire and has been quoted as saying he's in good enough shape to play.

Or sorry trinomial outcome - mistrial when a member of the jury gets hold of a cell phone and texts their friend about the trial