The identity of jurors in the perjury trial of baseball star Barry Bonds won’t be revealed until after the case is concluded, a federal judge ruled Monday.
According to California Watch, which has been covering developments leading up to the March 21 trial, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston said she was concerned that “jurors could be approached or even harassed or offered money to provide information about themselves or the case” if their names were made public.
Numerous news organizations had argued that disclosure is a routine part of open trials and that there should be no exception in the Bonds case.
Bonds is accused of lying to a grand jury when he said he never knowingly took steroids.