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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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I would love to know why in this budget crisis our fed government is wasting the taxpayers time and money investigating a stupid game. Who gives an F????? FOCUS ON THE DAMN ECONOMNY
Could not agree more. I think the founding fathers had no intentions of using the United States judicial system for investigating things that are as relevant as cheating in a game of duck duck goose.
This has nothing to do with baseball; he's on trail for lying under oath...that's why it's a perjury trial.
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Could it be because we choose our Congressmen based on their politics instead of their competence?
It's because he lied to congress. The only people who can get away with lying to congress is........our senators and representatives.
BTW, there are times that elected officials should lie or at least not tell the truth. When justified, it usually involves the military. (Any news on the hunt for bin Laden? The answer could be "no, nothing new" at the time that the assault team was in the air. Otherwise it's tipping off the enemy.) It would be hard to write a law to prevent elected officials (at least the federal ones) from lying because of the legitimate exceptions.
Listen, who are the liars? Do we not all agree that lawmakers have lied to us all...where do I begin? There are so many examples....the Gulf War, the deficit, the border to the south, oil....and they have time during these tough times to spend money on this trial? Furthermore, they did not follow the judge's instructions. I'm guessing in this climate of throw everyone in prison for looking the wrong way, that they've gotten away with this sort of sloppy prosecuting many times.
People seem to forget that while there's no law that says Congress can't lie to you, there IS a law that says you can't lie under oath. I'd rather have Congress fry Clemens – my childhood hero – that make it look like you can lie under oath during Congressional testimony and get away with it.
*THAN make it...
I say drop the whole thing. Why waste taxpayer money on this? I personally think that the creepy guy who saved the alleged evidence should be laughed out of court. Leave Roger alone. What's in the past, is in the past. Let him go and be a dad to his children.
Doesn't really matter what you say. It does matter how you vote, though.
Are the people you vote for really able to do the job to your satisfaction? It would appear not.
Have you been voting for people who win or lose (or both)? If lose, perhaps trying harder to help the losers to win might get you want you want. Complaining won't.
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Does that mean Roger Clemens is free now from persecution? If so, I am happy he is.
Who cares? It's BASEBALL. And you show me one member of Congress who doesn't lie. Politicians are no example of decency and honesty
Not the issue. One is a crime and the other isn't.
I'll agree this case borders on the absurd. The committee that called Clemens, IMHO, had no business spending tax dollars on something so far outside of their area of responsibility. Clemens shouldn't have been given the opportunity to lie (IMHO).
Larry of Boston. We have term limits. It is called voting. Doing a bad job? Vote them out. Going a great job? Let them stay. This is easy peasy.
Rusty Hardin was the one from the Anna Nicole Smith trial. All I remember from those trial highlights was this quote: "F*** you, Rusty." Oh yeah...and discussion of her "rosebuds."
Let's try this... 1) How about we stop wasting tax payers money on outdated crap! 2) Have the federal bench require Congress (both sides of the aisle) and the White House to find common ground on what to do about the debt ceiling and 3) Then get it done posthaste. Let's focus on what is important – only!!!
Doesn't the Judicial system have more important things to look after?
Who cares whether or not an adult jock playing a kid's game allegedly took steroids?
That didnt take long. Seems like a waste of time and money anyway.
That's really all i have to say.
Who cares.
Oh well, the Kangaroo Courts know what they are doing right?
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