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Perjury

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Hells Angels No Longer Satisfied with Blue Collar Crime

    When we think of Hells Angels-like crimes, we tend to go straight to murders, drugs, and all things anarchy. But it seems the Angels have expanded their criminal portfolio. Josh Leo Johnson, vice president of the Sonoma chapter of the Hells Angels, will have to trade in his outlaw vest for a prison ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Barry Bonds Demands a Quick Retrial

    Playing hardball ​Barry Bonds is making an appearance in San Francisco court today to request that if prosecutors plan to retry him, they do it quickly.The former Giants superstar was found guilty of obstruction of justice in April, yet the jury was deadlocked on three perjury counts, which led Ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Alex Tourk: Who Would Prosecute Him?

    Alex Tourk, in the forefront, has a lot of 'splaining to do...​When you lobby for a living, it appears you may forget when you're doing it -- or even filling out paperwork claiming that's what you've been doing. Or maybe that's just Alex Tourk. The proprietor of Ground Floor Public Affairs appears ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Barry Bonds Guilty of Obstruction; Mistrial on Other Counts

    ​The legal community and chattering classes still have Barry Bonds' testicles to kick around. The slugger -- whose genitalia and its purported reaction to performance-enhancing drugs was on display in court -- was found guilty of obstruction of justice. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Barry Bonds' Testicles to Get Their Day in Court

    Will this photo find its way into evidence as well? ​Four years ago, just one of Barry Bonds' balls sold for $752,467. Well that was then and this is now. These days, the focus is on both of Bonds' balls -- and their diminished state. Exhibits Nos. 1 and 2 at the Bonds perjury trial will be the sl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    SFPD Officers Committed Perjury in Reporting Drug Busts, Public Defender Claims

    Lawyers at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office today accused multiple police officers of committing perjury by falsely describing drug busts they conducted in written police reports.At a press conference, deputy public defenders Tal Klement and Anne Irwin showed video taken by surveillance ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Cyclist Tammy Thomas' Perjury Conviction Upheld by 9th Circuit Court

    ​Back in 2008, professional cyclist Tammy Thomas was found guilty of perjury for lying to a grand jury about using steroids. Today, San Francisco's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling. Although Thomas has long denied that she used steroids -- urine samples beg to differ. In 2003, T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Nigerian Scam: Now the Fraudster Claims He's Married To You

    Uh, guess what?​Everyone knows about the notorious Nigerian Internet scam. Lesser known is the old Nigerian wedding scam. Well, actually it was just one guy (from Nigeria) named Emmanuel Ejike Anyanwu who claimed he was married to a U.S. citizen who was none-the-wiser in order to get a green card. ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Uh, guess what?​Everyone knows about the notorious Nigerian Internet scam. Lesser known is the old Nigerian wedding scam. Well, actually it was just one guy (from Nigeria) named Emmanuel Ejike Anyanwu who claimed he was married to a U.S. citizen who was none-the-wiser in order to get a green card. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Alice Waters Demands Apology from Sewage Sludge Protestors

    misono/FlickrWaters is accusing protest organizers of making false statements.​Alice Waters has a statement to organizers of today's planned protest in front of Chez Panisse in Berkeley: Have you no shame? Yesterday we reported on the Organic Consumers Association's plans to highlight the San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Faux S.F. Doctor Timothy Andersson Hit With 51 Felonies for 'Dangerous and Unecessary' Procedures

    ​ He had no license to practice medicine in California or the United States, and no affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco, as he claimed. But 66-year-old Timothy Andersson (who also went by Dr. Tanweer Ahmad Syed) saw scores of patients in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Lie To Congress, Get Probation: Wrist-Slap for Former Athletic Tejada Makes Bonds Prosecution/Persecution Look That Much Sillier

    Funneling vast sums of money from the government into the hands of miserable bastards has, in effect become federal policy. So has wasting vast sums of money in futile legal pursuit of miserable bastards -- and folks are starting to get mad.After expending somewhere in the ballpark of $60 million in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    The 400 Blows

    Funneling vast sums of money from the government into the hands of miserable bastards has, in effect become federal policy. So has wasting vast sums of money in futile legal pursuit of miserable bastards -- and folks are starting to get mad.After expending somewhere in the ballpark of $60 million in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    This Week in Government Corruption

    Funneling vast sums of money from the government into the hands of miserable bastards has, in effect become federal policy. So has wasting vast sums of money in futile legal pursuit of miserable bastards -- and folks are starting to get mad.After expending somewhere in the ballpark of $60 million in ... More >>

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    Old Rivals

    The new lawyer for Barry Bonds* is an old foe of the Giants slugger's other lawyer

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2007

    District Attorney Files Criminal Charges Against Supervisor Ed Jew

    The new lawyer for Barry Bonds* is an old foe of the Giants slugger's other lawyer

  • Music

    March 28, 2007

    Mixing politics with pleasure

    The new lawyer for Barry Bonds* is an old foe of the Giants slugger's other lawyer

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Bait and Snitch

    Lying under oath, threatening witnesses, revealing the names of federal agents -- it's just another day on the job for one of the DEA's paid drug informants

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    Trial by Liar

    The snitches mumbled, stumbled, equivocated, and perjured themselves The jury found Bernard Temple -- the man prosecutors believed to be a bloodthirsty assassin for drug dealers -- not guilty of murder.

  • News

    May 21, 1997

    Will the Soul-Jacker Go Free?

    State prosecutions against alleged gang assassin appear to disintegrate

  • Calendar

    November 29, 1995

    Crushing CRUSH

    State prosecutions against alleged gang assassin appear to disintegrate

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