Daily Archives: September 9, 2009

BALCO Lawyer Released from Prison

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer

Posted: 09/08/2009 02:56:19 PM PDT

 NEW YORK—The lawyer who leaked confidential grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds and other athletes to the San Francisco Chronicle five years ago was released from prison after serving 16 months of his 30-month sentence.Troy Ellerman was released Jan. 16, according to the Bureau of Prisons Web site. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said Tuesday he was let go under a program in which a term can be reduced by one year if a prisoner successfully completes a substance-abuse treatment program….(read more)