October 05, 2006
Good Day for Criminals
Greg Anderson gets out of jail on a technicallity:
A federal judge ordered Barry Bonds' personal trainer released from prison Thursday, saying a legal "snafu" had arisen.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Greg Anderson must be freed, because a federal appeals court hadn't affirmed his contempt order within the required 30 days.
Anderson, 40, could be returned to prison when the appeals court affirms the Aug. 28 contempt citation. Anderson was cited after refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating whether Bonds committed perjury when he said he never knowingly used steroids.
They can't keep transcripts from leaking, and they can't keep witnesses in jail. Your tax dollars at work.
Meanwhile, Bett Myers' wife drops the charges against the Philadelphia pitcher:
An abuse charge against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Brett Myers was dismissed Thursday after his wife said she did not want her husband prosecuted for hitting her in the face during an argument near Fenway Park.
Boston Municipal Judge Raymond Dougan accepted as fact that Myers struck his wife on June 23, yet dismissed the charge - despite the objection of prosecutors - after Kim Myers agreed to an "accord of satisfaction" showing she did not want the charge pursued.
"There's no violence in our family. That night in Boston we had both been drinking," Kim Myers told the judge. "I was not hurt. I was not injured."
I hope she's making the right decision.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Based upon the eyewitness accounts we heard, I would have to say she is wrong to say she was not hurt and not injured. I hope for her sake and for his that they are each making the right decision.
So wait, the Anderson thing...whose fault was that exactly?