The inevitable democratic process has come to fruition

September 21st, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

As most suspected, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, the two San Fransisco Chronicle reports responsible for the insanely detailed book “Game of Shadows,” were sentenced to 18 months in prison (barring their appeal) for not revealing the source that leaked the two of them federal grand jury testimony.

Which, as has been said before by many a media outlet, is pretty fucking tragic. That Barry Bonds and his big head can still saunter around San Francisco and be praised amidst his steroid/HGH use and these guys have to go to jail for exposing the truth, that’s just a shame.

But alas, it is the law. And they must abide by it. It’s got to be an odd feeling for these guys – scary even. By all accounts, I’m pretty sure, they’ve never been to prison - maybe never even seen the inside of a prison. They probably have lived their lives as normal law-abiding citizens. And now, presumably, they will be incarcerated for doing their job. And again, I know they broke the law, but it doesn’t feel like they did to me.

Godspeed with the appeal, men.