POLL: Was Roger Clemens Guilty?
The Justice Dept. could not prove its case of whether the former Yankee pitcher took perfomance-enhancing drugs.
Baseball great Roger Clemens was acquitted this week of perjury charges in a lengthy trial, after he was accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens, the most decorated pitcher in baseball history, could have gone to jail for up to 30 years for taking steroids while a major leaguer and for lying about it. The jury considering the case against him, however, took only 11 hours to acquit him after the nine-week trial, in which he was facing six felony charges of perjury, obstruction of Congress and making false statements. This is the second recent big loss for the U.S. Justice Dept., who was also unable to convict former Presidential candidate John Edwards. Last year, a jury convicted slugger Barry Bonds of one charge of …
Mac McPeters
9:42 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012
I don't understand why Congress is interested. I'm not and don't they work for us? Aren't there more important things to do? And isn't this Gov't jumping in where they don't need to be? And He Lied to Congress? Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black? more ›