Sorta.
Going back a couple of years we have the feds issuing a 42 count indictment in the BALCO scandal. What as the longest term served by the BALCO defendants? The fourteen months served by Barry Bonds' personal trainer Greg Anderson. Not for anything having to do with steroids, though. After he served three months for conspiracy (thought police) he was hauled back in for contempt for failing to testify before a grand jury regarding Bonds.
When Bonds was finally indicted Anderson was released. Nothing, nada, in the Bonds' indictment came from Anderson, his fourteen months was a waste. And possibly a fraud, merely punitive.
As is so often the case in fed cases, the harshest punishments are reserved for those who fail to cooperate, not those who, I dunno, actually break the law. And it's about high profile indictments, along with TV and photo ops, while the dismissals and wrist slaps are announced by defense lawyers. To their family and staff.
Sic 'em Barry!
posted by quash @ 5:43 PM
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