as we told you barry bonds is waking up as a convicted felon.found him guilty of obstruction of justice. what is going to happen next? terry mcsweeney is live at the federal building in san francisco. >> reporter: there is a lot coming up. prosecution still has to figure out if they want to retry bonds on the jury was unable to reach the verdict. defense says it's going to appeal the one count he was convicted. here is bonds coming out of court yesterday. a convicted felon but the attorney points out the lone conviction was on count with nothing to do with performance enhancing drugs. hit to do with an answer given to grand jury but not mentioned in the indictment against bonds. jurors talked to the media about the decision-making process. >> the evidence that he did steroids might have many reasons and there was doubt beyond a reasonable of doubt. >> there was no proof he was given steroids because those steroids, htd, these were not given by injection. >> reporter: the jury did vote 11-1 in favor of conviction on the charge of lying about gett

in my state, you are convicted felons. right? so i tell my students, i tell them that i'm going to take my university's 15,000, and going to take my students, and we're going to march down to the police station, and they are all going to confess to having sexual intercourse before age 18. my point is there is no escape anymore. it is not just a criminal records. i really feel sorry for our children and grandchildren. we are telling -- felonizing recreational drugs, felonziinizg recreational sex. i go into prisons, and in interviewing lesbian women who are 19 and 20 years old who get 20 years for having sex with a 17 year-old. she's 19, she 17, she got 20 years. that is what is coming to. in this country now with mandatory minimums, with these damned sex loss -- sex is illegal, guys. next, they are going to start arresting people for having sex out of marriage. sex offender laws, there has not been a word about that today. it is worse than the war on drugs. if you get arrested on a sex offense, that to happen to anyone of you. you

he is now a convicted felon. even though the jury couldn't decide whether he lied about using steroids. >> there was definitely steroid use. it does not prove to you he knew he was being given steroids. >> the bonds jury found him guilty of just one charge, obstruction of justice. they were hung on three perjury counts. leslie brinkly starts our team coverage. >> baseball's all-time homerun leader is now a convicted felon, convicted of obstructing the federal investigation into his alleged steroid use. a stoic, expression less bonds in court, bute mermged later smiling and waiving to fans, but declining to speak out about the jury's decision. after four days of deliberating, they unanimously found bonds guilty of obstructing justice. but couldn't decide whether he lied to a grand jury about using performance enhancing drugs. the jury split 8 to 4 that he lied about getting story roids from his trainer. on the second cond alleging he was injected by a doctor they voted 11 to 1 to convict them. and on a third count

i'm a convicted felon, and it would not hire me and walmart. could not work the cash register at burger king. most occupations and recessions are close to you because you are a convicted felon -- occupations and jobs. when you see homeless people outside, most of them have felony convictions, mostly bullshit felonies, the little felonies. that is why they cannot get jobs. that is why they are panhandling and sleeping in doorways. their numbers are just going to multiplied next year, the year after, 10 years from now. >> let me ask, would you agree there are significant areas for people who have criminal history records? >> i would agree. it is not just people who have felony convictions and going to prison, but i was struck this morning by the stories that amy told, and a gentleman who was a reporter in santa clara county about the people who have the misdemeanor convictions they got without representation. i thought i would take a second to talk about what happened, at least in alameda county, after throwing conditions for a misdemeanor. in al

now a felon. >>> and, reality 101. everything you ever wanted to know about being a reality show star but maybe, for good reason, were afraid to ask. we will take you to the first ever reality tv convention. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," april 13th, 2011. >> good evening. an early happy tax day, everybody. that's sarcasm, of course, because despite the recent efforts of the irs to be more customer friendly, it's hard to fine anyone who really enjoyed their last audit the complications of paying your national dues have spawned a cottage industry of sorts. some make promises, but all too often add another layer of misery. tonight, brian ross investigates one firm you may know from tv. >> reporter: in a kitchen in suburban minneapolis, charlene lee, the mother of two young children, learned she was going to owe more to the irs than she could pay, $42,000, after the sale of some family property. >> i thought, oh,

. >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day that a jury declared him a felon, he was a ballplayer who wanted it. who wanted it badly. the fame. the money. the glory. to right to call himself, not just great. barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is.

it is hard to get into a public university if they are a convicted felon. people coming out of prisons have been denied entry into universities. there is no place to hide anymore. if you get out of prison, you have to develop a way to talk about yourself and assume that they don't have your criminal record. people leaves their information on the counter and say walk away. never let it out of your hand. if the manager is not there, sit-down until the manager comes back. when you do meet the manager, and then your application. now, maybe, you will get an interview. you never would have if you left the application. you have to make a personal, you have to make it one on one. they have to learn how to talk about themselves in order to get a job. >> that is a person by person case. i hope that we are moving in the direction of whether or not people have their criminal record public. >> i want to thank all of the panelists for taking time out of their busy schedule. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. we hope that the summit raise issues that you normall

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. >>> giants home run king, barry bonds is a convicted felon. wednesday, the jurors got him on one count of obstructing justice. the lawyers asked the judge to throw that verdict out. jurors could not come to a decision on the other charges. so, the department of justice has to decide whether or not to retry it. bob redell has more on the trial costs. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. the federal profession sent $6 million to prosecute barry bonds. the question is, do they go forward and retry them. we thought we would give them a little advice. we have early risers like anthony. good morning. >> morning. >> reporter: do you think they should retry him on those three perjury counts? >> yeah. i think so. perjury is a serious offense. >> reporter: a lot of people are saying it's not as serious as other crimes. it's already cost $6 million, in that neighborhood. what would you say? >> lying in the courtroom is serious to me. i say go for it. >> reporter: are you a barry bonds fan? >> no. hate barry. >> reporter: do you think that played

this morning barry bonds is waking up as a convicted felon after a jury found him guilty of obstruction of justice. will he spend any time in jail? terry mcsweeney joins us live from the federal building in san francisco to tell us what is next for the home run king. >> reporter: still a lot coming up. prosecution says it will decide soon if necessity they want a retrial on the three counts where there was no verdict. defense says it will appeal the where there was a verdict. >> barry bonds now a convicted felon but his attorney points out the lone conviction had nothing to do with performance enhancing drugs. it had to do with an evasive answer given to grand jury but not mentioned in the indictment against bonds. jurors talked to the media about the decision-making process. >> i think he did steroids, but it's beyond a reasonable doubt. >> it's definitely steroid use, but there is not proof that he knew he was given steroids because those steroids, these were not given by injection. >> also the jury voted 111 foreconviction so he had he almost had a second conviction. he could get ten

tonight's verdict does make barry bonds a convicted felon. no sentencing date has been set. the maximum sentence called for ten years in prison, but legal guidelines show he'll likely face 18 months in prison. brian. >> thanks, miguel. our los angeles bureau on tonight's breaking news. >>> when we come back, a 10-year-old boy's dramatic escape from a heartbreaking family tragedy. >>> and later, our look at the teenage brain. a work in progress on what most parents wish they could give their kids, somehow, someway. >>> here in the new york city area, we woke up to awful news this morning. a mother had deliberately, it turns out, desperately, driven her minivan with four young children inside into the hudson river. by the time first responders arrived, it was too late for all but one of the children inside. this happened in newburgh, new york, about 60 miles from our studios in manhattan. we have the report. >> reporter: on the banks of the hudson river, a memorial and a prayer for three young children who lost their lives in this murky water. distraught relatives leaving toys

. >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day that a jury declared him a felon, he was a ballplayer who wanted it. who wanted it badly. the fame. the money. the glory. to right to call himself, not just great. barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is. >> he was a thin, fast young man. and many have said, and i agree with this, that barry bonds would have made the hall of fame on his own right. >> reporter: and he maintains to this day that he was not doping with steroids. >> this one high. >> reporter: the change we all saw, a guy that looked like this in the later years, having once looked like this in the early days. were we just imagining it? but what we did not imagine was in those early days with or without chemical help, he was good. he was suburb. >> he had all the tools to be one of the best in the game. >> reporter: bonds, not the friendliest man in baseball, nevertheless had his fans. and a circle of people who were drawn to the greatness, now paying a price for being there. his long-time trainer, greg anderson, who did a year in prison for ref

facebook blasted cold calling him a scam artist and a convicted felon.ould get a lot of money from this. hundreds of millions of dollars. face the trauma. kron 4 >>catherine: news at 5:00 is coming up next. ow# >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 5:00. >>pam: suspected serial killer in jail tonight authorities have connected him to four cold case murders. tonight at 5:00 we have team coverage and tell you who joseph naso his and who the victims are and when investigators found in his home to spark a lead. we begin our

she spent five days in connecticut and is feeling great and working towards her to felons.rooke shields will speak--2 films coming up for jones. >> burke showed it shibrooke shs speaking at princeton were chagrined to witted speaking from with french a degree which in france french language and she graduated with honors. >> charlie sheen more trauma. 6 news at to this. now at 6:30, our top stories. more news, more crews, right now our top stories. >>pam: the 6:00 p.m.--new details. closer look at the four women that naso really murdered. team coverage and law enforcement agencies across the country are going to uncover more evidence of the cold cases. kate thompson as the details. >>reporter: here are pictures of three of the four victims all women, all young under the age of 40. each woman has the same first and last initial in her name. this old clipping gives the details of roxanne's debt, shoes 18 jews killed, asphyxiation. found in brush with her feet bound, and she was found nude in brushed choose only--18 when she was killed. >> it is difficult to believe i thought t

the jury found and that one simple question, that one single answer enough for somebody to call a " felon " for obstruction of justice. >>reporter: is unlikely that there will retry him on the three perjury accountcounts--tht there were locked on. >> given the resources, with the one count conviction that fact that anderson was there might think that the will take this and run. >>reporter: we should know this is a definitive answer on may 20th when attorneys from both sides will be back here at the pro courthouse for a status conference. in san francisco, dan kerman kron 4 news. >>pam: the ta california teachers association has declared a state of emergency. santa clara, the teachers said that they're going to be going on to the offensive with a series of protests, rallies and lobbying efforts. this is to preserve existing funding. with mathematics teachers describing the impact. in his district. >> in my district the east high school we already have cut counselors and one half, with libraries only open for one hour per day. and librarians teaching class's and 35-even for children in one

guilty verdict for obstructing the federal investigation does as you said make barry bonds a convicted felon but the jury was divided over whether bonds lied to a grand jury. rasteauic expressionless barry bonds listened to the verdict in court but emerged later smiling and waving to fans but declining to speak out about the jury's decision. after four days of deliberating they unanimously found bonds guilty of obstructing justice. but couldn't decide whether or not he lied to a grand jury about using performance enhancing drugs. on the first perjury count the jury split 8-4 that bonds was guilty of lying about getting steroids from his trainer. on the second count alleging he lied about getting injected by a doctor they voted 11-1 to convict him and on a third count split 9-3. the judge declared a mistrial on all three counts injuries the jurors explained why it -- the jurors explained why it ended this way. >> the evidence that he did steroids might have been there but did he knowingly do steroids was the question and we couldn't prove that beyond a reasonable doubt. >> it shows that there

transaction, birch drafted a phony bill of sale, using a fictitious name for the man he thought to be that felon. suspect birch lives on pequot road in alexandria. today i talked to david, one of his house mates. >> he didn't say where he got him from. i didn't ask him. >> reporter: where did he get these guns from? >> gun fairs, probably. buying them from other people out of papers. >> reporter: did he keep them around the house? >> i never saw any. >> reporter: did he show them to you? >> no. me and him don't talk like that. like i said, until they came to the house, i never expected something like that. he's not that type of person. >> reporter: so what do you make of that? >> i have no clue. threw me off guard. >> reporter: austin birch, charged with money laundering, charged with illegal gun sales, out on a money bond, pending further court action in the case. now, it's against craigslist policy to sell guns on its website. pat, back to you. >> pat collins. thanks, pat. >>> some developing news tonight. the principal of mckinley technological high school in the district has been reinstated.

. >>> now that baseball's home run king is a convicted felon. the question is how much time will barry bonds serve for if crime if any? patti lee is live in san francisco with why bonds could receive a life sentence. >> reporter: julie, this verdict is front page news. it is a topic that everyone is talking about. in front of the federal courthouse where yesterday this area was a mad house. it was packed with media. different story today, the trial is over. but this story is not. >> reporter: after 16 days and seven plus years, there's no end in sight. >> there's going to be an appeal. >> reporter: law professor robert talbot says a drawn out drama is in the future. >> the ninth circuit is the slowest circuit in the country for finishing up an appeal. >> reporter: most legal analysts agree. it is unlikely bonds will serve time for obstructing justice. martha stewart spent five months in prison. five months under house arrest. marian jones spent six months in the slammer. lewis scooter libby was given a 30 month sentence but didn't serve a day. >

. >> reporter: he had just become a convicted felon for obstructing justice. barry bonds gave a thumbs up then a v for victory. while bonds know the prosecutors will retry him. the spotlight has been on his childhood friend greg anderson. >> what'll be interesting to see is whether the government will decide to prosecuting him. >> reporter: that's right, the man who spent more jail time than anyone in the case. without anderson to authenticate physical evidence that incriminated bonds, they could not use it in trial. >> if everybody decided not to testify, the system would collapse. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: anderson's friend griffords says the possibility that bonds -- that anderson would be prosecuted. >> reporter: now griffords says anderson is trying to get his life back on track working here at this training center. >>> and housing numbers fell slightly in march -- and unemployment numbers fell slightly in march. down .10 of a% from february. the unadjusted numbers show an average rate of 10%. marin county was lowest at 8.8%. >>> for bay area job

it's now been just three hours since barry bonds left the federal building here as a convicted felon. smiling barry bonds and his lead attorney shook hands for the media after the conviction, then he auto graphed a baseball for a fan. >> barry has wanted very much to address you directly, but as you saw, the case isn't over. >> reporter: that's because of the split decision in court. first jurors announced they were hopelessly deadlocked on three charges against bonds of lying to a grand jury when he said he never knowingly used steroids or hue gran growth hormone. neither bonds nor his mother showed any outward emotion as jurors then said they unanimously found bonds guilty of one count of obstruction of justice. >> the counts which allege steroids, which allege needles, which allege human growth hormone, those with mistried. there was no conviction, no finding adverse to barry bonds. >> reporter: the prosecutor, u.s. attorney melinda hague issued a quote. in the united states, taking an oath and promising to testify truthfully is a serious matter. we cannot ignore those who choose i

i had like a 40 year old, two-time convicted -- >> jimmy: felon. >> -- felon on my staff.good care of him." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> and then i just -- i just -- it was terrible. i was burnt out and i found, you know, they put a lien on my minivan. >> jimmy: oh, my god. >> my mom had to fly me home. mom, thanks for the -- for the plane ticket home. >> jimmy: there you go. thank you, mrs. pratt. and then, how did you go from that to acting? >> well, you know, my friend -- a good friend of mine, alex, bought me a one-way ticket to maui, where he had been living since high school and -- >> jimmy: not too shabby. >> yeah, it was awesome. so i just kind of retired. i just went and lived. >> jimmy: at 17, you retired? >> yeah. well, i was 19 at this point. >> jimmy: oh, okay. yeah, yeah, yeah. oh, yeah, you were old. yeah. [ light laughter ] >> and yeah, we went, and we camped for like eight months. we lived in a like -- had this -- me and my friend zeb. zeb is a huge -- this is great. 'cause i was gonna do a secret signal to zeb to show, but it was gonna be this.

the quotation from the prosecutor was, after they talk about how all this stuff was, "i do not want felonsreleased because we have not done our job right." what they do not say in the entire article, which is a front-page piece, is not only is it a violation of the rules, but when you have people testify who may be shouldb innocent people can be convicted, and it happens every day. and there is not one word of that in the article. >> carol, do you agree or disagree that public defenders contribute to this negative image? should be accept some responsibility here? >> i think a causality of the media disconnect -- it is obviously there. the media is not show him what i see and do in my everyday life. but rathe saying i think it is the media's fault, the media thinks it is our fault for notg them, i think we all need to do a better job. her book shows that from a journalistic standpoint. she went into the courtroom and watched. she told the story. by the same token, we can do that as public defenders. i have thought, if public defenders was a major corporation and had this image problem, ther

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