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Barry Bonds Gets No "Get Out of Prison Free" Card

by Stephen Alexander — Federal prosecutors want to send Barry Bonds to prison, according to court records. The federal prosecutors objected to a recommendation by a probation officer that Mr. Bonds only get probation when he's sentenced next Friday on December 16, 2011. Federal prosecutors want Barry Bonds to serve 15 months in prison.

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