Yeah. If anyone is going to make money off of Bonds' tell-all steroid revelations, he wants it to be him.

17200. As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean and
include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice
and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising and any act
prohibited by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 17500) of Part 3 of
Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code.

And, most interesting, there is no count for libel or slander. Then again, truth is a complete defense in such cases. Hmm....

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I should be clear that I don't think any of this will work, only because the Holy Grail of 17200 is too lucrative to let it be risked for the sake of Barry Bonds.

A judge in Vermont recently 'slapped the wrist' of a child molestorer who did his perverse acts to a young girl for several years.

A judge in Columbus Ohio didn't give a man who raped a boy orally and anally for several years one single day in jail.

This leads me to my question.

How does the lawyer feel about himself? Does he feel pretty good that he got the child rapists off with a light sentence? Does he go home and smile to his wife and say "Great news, honey, I got a child rapist off today. Lets celebrate!"?

How does that work with lawyers for criminals? They just don't care about the victims, is that it? They like their face on TV, is that it? Is it about the money?

I'm watching Bill O'Reilly and this about made me barf. There was that murder in NYC of a young girl. They've found the guy who did it without a shodow of a doubt. Yet, there's some filthy lawyer on his program stating ways of how to get this murderer off, and she's smiling the whole time. Really made me sick. Who cares about the victim? Give me a break. Some lawyers truly are the scum of the world.

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Missed by one. Then I wondered why there were so many women in my classes. And how come none of the classes were in Boalt Hall?

Eventually I did take a class that was held in Boalt Hall.

They've found the guy who did it without a shodow of a doubt.
That will be seen at trial.

Yet, there's some filthy lawyer on his program stating ways of how to get this murderer off, and she's smiling the whole time. Really made me sick. Who cares about the victim?
The DA?

Give me a break. Some lawyers truly are the scum of the world.

I would suggest that you take a quick peek at the 6th Amendment, specifically the passage that entitles the accused, "to have the assistance of counsel for his defense." Without those whom you deride as scum, this amendment, and the entire Constitution is little more than a fancy, yellowed table napkin. You don't want that, do you?

I'm watching Bill O'Reilly and this about made me barf.
Ah...

Go figure.

Posts like 9 will not be welcomed.

Thank you.

I can answer your question(?) with the typical answer - everyone is entitled to a defense. And that means everyone. And those defending the people you find reprehensible are just doing their job. How those people "just do their job" I don't know, maybe to pay the mortgage, get their kids some braces, enjoying things like food.

The sad thing is that the attorneys working in the Public defenders office are usually young lawyers who didn't do well at big schools or those who did well at small schools and got passed over by the firms paying large bucks. Most of those lawyers are just trying to make ends meet. Just like 99% of the world.

The beautiful thing about this country is also the worst thing about this country. The most difficult speech to protect is that speech who you detest - but that must be protected equally. Like your ridiculous comment about lawyers being scum for doing their job. You're entitled to your opinion, as ignorant as it may be.

Courts are pretty damn good at sorting through the morass to find the truth. Yes, occassionally things slip through - we're a country of 270m people. But it's not as often as the big screen and now tv will lead you to believe.

I would suggest you stop watching Bill O'Reilly to begin with and follow that up with not ranting about lawyers on a baseball blog. Or at least go over to The Juice and have it out with Scott.

Now, who is this Barry guy I have heard so much about...?

14. "I thought people were going to get angry about Bonds and steroids."

I think I'm more amused than angry at this point, especially since it looks like he probably won't be able to make a run at Aaron's record, which will no doubt eat at him. Schadenfreude is a great thing.

http://tinyurl.com/rlryo

Assuming Bonds actually did use illegal steroids, he should do everything he could to stay away from the courts. Of course, British libel laws are different from the ones here.

I can't believe I just compared Barry Bonds to Oscar Wilde . . .