Barry Bonds' lawyers arguing for probation
Barry Bonds, left, greets supporter Will Michaels, right, as he arrives at a federal courthouse for his perjury trial, Wednesday in San Francisco. (Apr. 6, 2011) Credit: AP
SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds lawyers' are arguing for probation when Major League Baseball's career homerun leader is sentenced for obstruction of justice later this month.
In court papers filed Tuesday, Bonds' lawyers cite an investigative report prepared for the court by the federal probation department making the same recommendation. Bonds' lawyers say the probation department cited Bonds' "significant history" of charity and said the felony conviction appears to be "an aberration."
Bonds is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 16. He was convicted of obstruction of justice after a jury found he misled a grand jury investigating sports doping with an evasive answer about receiving injectable substances from his personal trainer.
The recommended punishment for such a conviction is 15 to 21 months in prison.
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