Justice Is Blind, Which Accounts For All The Typos

Finally, Barry Bonds has discovered an airtight defense for his upcoming trial on perjury and obstruction of justice charges. Typos! Yep, Bonds' lawyers on Thursday contended that, because the government filed court papers on their client that had at least two typos, that Barry should walk free. Hey, it's San Francisco; the region that gave the world The Twinkie Defense.

The typographical errors showed up in a recent filing by prosecutors wrongly accusing Bonds of flunking a drug test in 2001. They later admitted they instead meant 2000. Baseball's home run king has pleaded not guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice charges alleging he lied when he told a federal grand jury he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs. He is asking a judge to dismiss the case, arguing the questions posed to him while under oath were ambiguous and confusing. In a filing last week opposing Bonds' motion for dismissal, prosecutors twice referred to a drug test he failed in November 2001. They later said they meant to reference a November 2000 drug test that had previously been mentioned in the indictment.

JURY FOREMAN: "Your honor, we the jury find in accordance to the indictment that the accused, Barry Lamar Bonds, is galty ... uh, I mean guilty! Damn!" JUDGE: "Case dismissed! Mr. Bonds is free to go!"

It baffles me as to why no team would want want to sign Bonds. Who wouldn't want to take on this horse and pony show? It's the Typo Defense, folks!

As for the photo here, I found it while rooting around over at the blog Terrence Says. He says it's real. The cat Barry is a bad mutha ... shut yo mouth!

Bonds Seizes On Government Typos [SFGate] Careful Of Those Governmental Typos [Deadspin]