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Judge declares mistrial in Roger Clemens case
A federal judge declared a mistrial in the perjury trial of ex-baseball all-star Roger Clemens on Thursday after jurors heard references to statements that the judge had ruled inadmissible except on rebuttal.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said prosecutors should have modified a video that showed Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, during a 2008 congressional hearing talking about a deposition from the wife of former New York Yankees player Andy Pettitte.
Clemens is accused of perjury, obstruction of Congress and making false statements about his alleged use of steroids and human growth hormone. The former all-star pitcher testified under oath before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2008 that he never used illegal performance-enhancing substances during his career.
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There are more important things in this world then lying about steroid use. A waste of time and money to go to trial....
This just proves that America is a fascist police state. From the war on drugs, other "vice crimes", police brutality and beyond, America is neither free nor brave. I'm ashamed to be an American.
Then leave.
Then don't let the door hit you in your backside as you leave! Stinking hippy
Then leave
We are equally ashamed that you identify yourself as American.
Then get out numb nutts
Govt fizzles, as the Rocket soars again. Go Roger.
With all of the crisis going on with our countries deficit, why are we spending money on this ? This is a problem for MLB and it's Commisioner not the American people and our tax dollars !!!! A message to our Reps in Washington DC , stop sticking your noses were it doesn't belong !!!! Let MLB take care of it's own dirty laundry and let's focus on DC'S dirty laundry !!!
Govt had their chance, made an error now must accept it.
Why is our tax money being wasted on this nonsense?
Because Liars and Cheaters should not be rewarded.
Just another professional athlete being slapped on the wrist. Used steroids to get where he got and made all that money off of it. I am sick and tired of celebrities and professional athletes getting special treatment as if they owed us something. If it wasn't for the fans, where would they be? Professional athletes and celebrities are WAY overpaid. Just sick and tired of it!
Agree, but is still not worth Congressional investigations. Let baseball's commissioner handle baseball's problems.
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAh, we're tired of hearing you suckers cry about other people's money as well....
Get bent! Government has no business telling citizens what they can and can't put in their own bodies. THAT'S FASCIST!!! You're worse than a fascist! What's worse than a fascist? A fascist sympathizer. People that support the fascist civil war on drugs, deserve what Adolf Hitler got.
It's terrible that they went after Clemens in the 1st place, just because he's gay. I thought our justice system had moved past this.
Clemens is gay? Damn, I never knew. This makes a lot more sense now.
Thanks for the chuckle.
A complete waste of taxpayer dollars.
Congress is agonizing over how to cut the budget and then this bs trial is being conducted.
Here is a thought, let's investigate members of Congress for lying to the American people about our Social Security benifits. You know, the money that we are forced to send along with employer matching that is supposed to have been set aside for retirement and now you traitors, cowards, and thieves are saying funds may not be available to pay out?
That would be an investigation worth pursuing.
Investigating Clemmons, or Armstrong, or any other athelete is a total waste of taxpayer dollars. It is a shell game played by politicians to avoid having to make the big decisions regarding the more serious issues.
Yes, because I am sure that the few hundred thousand that this trial cost will make a gigantic difference in America's debt at this point, eh?
The money spent on this trial is akin to pouring a gallon jug of water in the center of a forest fire...
laughing at you...What a fool you are. True, the cost of the trial is small. But there is more to the actual cost, such as the loss of focus by Congress and many of the people. But, going back to the cost, as a business owner – which you obviously are not – I have pretty much lived by the saying, watch the pennies and the dollars will follow. We need to plug every hole in order to staunch the flow of money.
As I said, you really are the fool.
MLB didn't seem too concerned, why should Congress be? Here's a spending cut, stop investigating frivilously.
I can't believe that there were congressional hearings on growth hormones in a private sector baseball game...what an embarassement to American taxpayers.
what about the real criminals in congress like charlie rangle from ny who was convicted of lying and tax evasion yet only recieved a 5 minute verbal scolding?
I think that most of us agree that our Congress is so out of touch with the reality of crisis in this country. Do they not understand that we do not care about what Roger did or did not do with enhancements in his "baseball" career? Our Congressional Joke Squad can't even figure out what to do about the debt ceiling, SS and Medicare / Medicaid, but they have time to spend on this ridiculous issue that they have no business involving themselves with to begin with. Obviously they can't hear the voice of the people while they are perched so high on top mountain of BS that they have created for the rest of us. Get to work you idiots and take care of business that actually affects the ordinary American and stop wasting our hard earned money chasing ghost around Washinton....for God's sake, we are at war and this is what you are doing! Shame, shame on all parties....I wish we could fire all of them today.
It's a sideshow designed to take focus from the debt, illegal aliens, the war in Libya, and any other important issues that really affect the country. Staying as neutral as possible about important issues affecting voters is how politicians try to get re-elected. Less said, more likely to appeal to a broader base. They are mostly traitors and cowards pandering for votes to keep thier jobs. Most would have been fired in the real world, and would not have been allowed to keep any benefits like Wiener was able to keep.
While I do agree that congress are basically idiots..I do not agree that any "hard earned tax" dollars will hurt our debt crisis any more or any less. We have been in debt for YEAAAAARS, and we really started spending money on these "frivolous" trial cases for the last 6 years or so. Please do not cater to the banter that these trials are what is costing America it's credit worthiness...that is caused by bad mistakes in congress, tax payers who should be paying taxes actually NOT PAYING TAXES, and America always lending a "hand" to way too many countries
I bet half of Congress is on some kind of illegal subsance, why don't we investigate them.
In the time of great debt crisis, no one with a sound mind would pursue such an irrelevant case.
It is retrial not retrail. This isnt a cattle drive you idiots................
You seem smart, you should sign up for Congress. Then you can teach those idiots how to spell Tomato".
Im not saying this for this case but i think it's pretty harsh that there finding Casey Anthony not guilty Everybody keep lil Caylee Anthony in our hearts and prayers<3