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Barry Bonds wins appeal, did not obstruct justice

The Associated Press broke the news: The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the Barry Bonds decision on Wednesday. Bonds had been convicted of obstruction of justice for claiming he didn't know what was going in his body, and ... hell, I can't follow this case. Never was able to. Here's the Wikipedia page, which is probably peer-edited by lawyers. You figure it out.

We do know what Bonds won't have to do because of the successful appeal:

30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service

The 2011 conviction was upheld in 2013 -- typical odd-year nonsense -- when the conviction was upheld because .