the judge had already excluded evidence which could not be connected to bonds because of anderson's refusal to testify about his alleged knowledge of bonds' alleged connection to the evidence. the same applies to several other pieces of evidence, which bonds' attorneys asked to be excluded in the january 10, 2011 filing. a hearing was set to be held on the exclusion of the testimony and the additional evidence on january 21, 2011. a report in the new york times had earlier suggested it was likely that bonds would not get prison time even if convicted, after pro cyclist tammy thomas received house arrest and probation for similar crimes in the balco scandal, in a case decided by the very same judge presiding over the bonds case.