The federal courts reassigned Barry Bonds' perjury and obstruction trial to the original BALCO judge. San Jose Mercury News:
In a brief order filed
today, the Bonds case was shifted to U.S. District Judge Susan Illston,
who handled the case against four defendants indicted on steroids
distribution charges in connection with Balco Laboratories, including
former Balco president Victor Conte... She has presided over the
Balco case with a firm hand, sentencing Conte to four months in prison
and four months probation in 2005 after he pleaded guilty. At the time,
Illston lamented the fact that the federal sentencing guidelines in
place at the time forced her to punish Conte less than "people who are
convicted of far less serious things than you have done.
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