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2 8 - 0 3 - 2 0 0 6 COMMISSION INCREASES RECOMMENDED SENTENCES FOR STEROID CRIMES 03/28/06 Bay City News Wire cbs5.com A federal sentencing commission Monday put in place a temporary emergency amendment that increases recommended penalties for crimes related to anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids -- hormonal drugs that promote muscle growth -- were at the center of the recent scandal involving alleged use by professional athletes. They are a controlled substance and distribution without a doctor's prescription is illegal. The U.S. Sentencing Commission announced the change in steroid sentencing guidelines, effective Monday, in a notice on its Web site. The amendment provides stiffer penalties for offenses involving anabolic steroids. It also provides for increased sentences in three situations: when a person uses a masking agent to prevent detection of the drug; when an anabolic steroid is given to an athlete; and when a coach uses his or her position to influence an athlete to use an anabolic steroid. Kevin Ryan , the U.S. attorney for Northern California, said, "We are pleased that the Sentencing Commission has taken this action to impose penalties for steroid offenses that reflect the seriousness of the crimes. "We are hopeful that these enhanced penalties will help deter anabolic steroid trafficking and abuse," Ryan said. Ryan's office prosecuted a case in which four people were accused in 2004 of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids to professional athletes. The defendants included Victor Conte, president of the Burlingame-based Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, or BALCO , and Greg Anderson , a personal trainer for San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds. The four defendants eventually pleaded guilty to reduced charges and were given sentences ranging from probation to eight months in confinement. No athletes were charged in the case. The sentencing commission enacted the amendment in response to the federal Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004 , in which Congress directed the commission to consider amending guidelines for steroid sentences "in a manner that reflects the seriousness of such offenses." The commission's sentencing guidelines for judges have been advisory rather than mandatory ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in January 2005 that mandatory guidelines violated defendants' constitutional Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial. [Link]

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