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| Barry Bonds |
The largest criminal investigation by federal authorities on doping in sports began just over nine years, when a tax agent researches the topic found in the trash BALCO.
But it seems that the government's job will end on Friday, unless there is an appeal.
The investigation led to a thorough investigation by former Sen. George Mitchell on the use of banned substances in baseball.
Of those inquiries came off the Mitchell Report, which led to the big leagues and the players' union harden its policy on steroids.
Bonds will have 14 days from sentencing to him to indicate whether they wish to appeal.
Seven years after he first testified before a grand jury, Bonds was convicted of only one of four charges against him, and also the jury reached a unanimous verdict on whether former ballplayer lied.
For the sentence to be held on Friday, the prosecution suggests that Bonds passes between 15 and 21 months in prison. But federal officials recommend that the parole former slugger is not going to jail because of his charitable work, the nature of the crime imputed to him and the lack of criminal record.
