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I could not be more happy that Barry Bonds finally gets to move on with his life.
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— Victor Conte on Barry Bonds' rule reversal
Barry Bonds' obstruction of justice conviction was reversed Wednesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled his meandering answer before a grand jury in 2003 was not material to the government's investigation into steroids distribution.
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Victor Conte, the former founder and president of BALCO, a sports nutrition center in Burlingame, Calif.