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You are making it appear like Barry Bonds was tried and convicted of something and is still free. He hasn't failed a drug test or been found guilty of anything in a court of law. Although I think he most certainly took something, whether it be HGH or the clear or cream...me convicting him in my own court of opinion doesn't really mean jack. Same goes for everyone else.
Marion Jones admitted her guilt after she had already lied to a grand jury/federal agents about her involvement in BALCO/steroids....hence the perjury conviction. She also had the added check-fraud charges tacked on to her sentence, which could have been a pretty big deal had she received more money than the 25,000$ that she tried to have put in her account.. I think getting 6 months in jail for both is fairly lenient.
Furthermore, attempting to strip Barry Bonds of his records is ludicrous. The guy is a piece of shit and a terrible human being......but he is not even close to the first professional baseball player to achieve lofty stats due in part to bending the rules. There are Hall of Famers who may have cheated for their entire careers. Gaylord Perry comes to mind (throwing spitballs and doctoring baseballs is cheating, and he was better than anyone at it).
Cheating on a grand scale has occurred in every major era and decade in baseball. Corking bats, using amphetamines, doctoring baseballs...taking steroids. All are cheating. Bonds is nothing more than a product of his environment molded out of the greed of everyone associated with MLB the last 20 or so years: owners, executives, and players.
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