http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/07/14/clemens-lawyers-assail-house-hearings-legitimacy/
The judge declared a mistrial. He basically said the prosecutor made a mistake that a first year law student would not make.
Does anyone else smell a rat? A Federal Prosecutor making such a rookie mistake? Come on! Next you are going to tell me there was no shadowy figure on the grass knoll. Look for a large deposit coming to that prosecutor's Swiss bank account very soon.
By the way... Roger Clemens was guilty.
> By the way... Roger Clemens was guilty.
Of course he's guilty. The problem that I have with the governments case is the focus that was put on it. Why is Roger Clemens on trial, and none of the bankers and financial people that have almost collapsed the economy are? Stupid focus of resources in my opinion. But he did lie to Congress... begged to testify... dumbasss...
Technically, according to the Constitution, Clemons is not guilty.
As to the prosectutor, have you been reading the papers the last few years? The last few WEEKS? It's turning out to be a bad year for DA's in high profile cases.
That old phrase about being able to indict a ham sandwich needs to be revised to show that they can't convict a pig in a poke.
nOT to change subject, but do you really beleive in a second shooter in JFK case or was that hyperbole?
Stephen
The ESPN story was pretty good in covering many of the details.
government-flubs-roger-clemens-perjury-case
As snoop said Rookie Mistake by prosecution, but I think what was realized was the fact that they had a week case to boot. Maybe they did tank the case intentionally after watching the Bonds case disintegrate earlier this year.
Remember how the Justice department said they were coming after Bonds with all guns and their case eventually dwindled down to a bunch of hearsay resulting on 1 conviction of obstruction of justice..
How much did that cost tax payers...
The evidence illegally introduced in the Clemens case, thus causing the mistrial was also hearsay IMHO.
I really hope someone in the accounting department is saying, hold everything and lets go fry someone worth the costs.
Clemens may have lied to Congress, but he shouldn't have even been in front of Congress. The rules of MLB are none of Congress's business. They've got enough to worry about.
Sure he's guilty. But when you lie to a bunch of liars, doesn't that kind of like cancel things out? Maybe not, but it is kind of looking like it does... This new math is confusing to me, but doesn't seem to confuse the likes of Barry Bonds, O.J. Simpson, Casey Anthony, anyone remotely related to Casey Anthony, etc., etc, ad nauseum...
The Government Reform Committee generally used as the investigative committee of the House, having authority to conduct hearings on any subject falling under the jurisdiction of Congress. The Federally Controlled Substances Act, regulates the use of performance enhancing drugs, including steroids.
MLB operates under an exemption from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, which has been upheld at least twice by the Supreme Court. This places the affairs of Major League Baseball properly under the jurisdiction of Congress.
Were they wasting their time investigating steroid use in MLB? Well, that's a matter of opinion. Frankly, I'd like to see all the players taking steriods. Too bad it wasn't done earlier in history. Can you imagine Mickey Mantle on steroids? Babe Ruth? Boog Powell? Willie Stargell? Ted Williams? Frank Howard? Willie Mays?
What a great game!:-P
Are they wasting their time prosecuting Clemons for lying under oath to Congress? Most definitely not.
Roger Clemens>Cowboy
do you cringe when you write MLB? Or is the association only to Major League Baseball?
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"Major League Baseball is extremely grateful to President Bush for his vision and leadership on this very important issue. The Anabolic Steroid Control Act will be instrumental in helping us reach our goal of zero tolerance," Commissioner Bud Selig said.
US President George W. Bush has defended his longtime friend Rafael Palmeiro -- the professional ballplayer suspended this week for using performance-enhancing drugs -- saying he is convinced by Palmeiro's assertions that he never intentionally used steroids.
"Rafael Palmeiro is a friend. He testified in public and I believe him," Bush said in an interview published Tuesday in several Texas newspapers.
"He's the kind of person that's going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn't use steroids, and I believe him. Still do," the US president said.
The flawed report that started all this crapola..
Some questioned whether Mitchell being a director of the Boston Red Sox created a conflict of interest especially because no prime Red Sox players were named in the report,[16] despite the fact that Red Sox stars David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were later found to have used performance enhancing substances during the 2003 season, as reported by the New York Times on July 30, 2009.[18] Likewise, the report was commissioned by Selig, and no members of the Milwaukee Brewers, whom Selig once owned, appeared in the report.
The prosecutor knowingly and willingly introduced evidence to the jury that he had been instructed by the judge to not introduce (in other words, he disregarded the judge's orders). He was just following the lead of President Obama who has on several occasions now disregarded the constitution. It is starting to become a pattern of behavior for those who feel like they are above authority, or do not have to follow the law.
In retrospect, the time period that Clemons allegedly took HGH, it was neither against the rules of MLB, or in any violation of any law of the land. Therefore Congress had no business wasting over 10 billion dollars on a victimless witch hunt.
“Technically, according to the Constitution, Clemons is not guilty.”
That one needs to be explained. Because I’m pretty certain lying under oath is called perjury and not protected speech.
Pretty sure he means that all people are "presumed innocent" until "proven guilty" regardless of what the talking heads or ex-managers espouse.
Couldn't he just do what John Kyl did, and say that he never intended his testimony to be "factual statements"??? hell, it worked for a sitting member of Congress while on official duty.
No one has proven in a court of law, that Clemens lied to Congress.
Sure, in the court of public opinion he's guilty...but that doesn't get you jail time...usually..
I guess he could have done that, if he would have been advised to by his legal team.
However, the point here is that Congress has more important things to do than throw 10 billion dollars at an investigation of a baseball player that will have no impact on the daily lives of Americans.
Unless of course you sent your representatives to Washington to waste time and money.
I was kind of hoping that they would do things like balance the budget, get us out of Lybia, follow the Constitution...etc, those sort of things.
Agreed!
