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Roger Clemens Pleads Not Guilty

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 01:48:37 PM EST
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Baseball giant Roger Clemens appeared in court in D.C. today and pleaded not guilty to perjury, false statement and obstruction charges. The case boils down to:

Clemens flatly denied [to Congress]ever knowingly using banned substances, despite testimony to the contrary from former teammate Andy Pettitte and former assistant strength coach Brian McNamee.

As I've said before, this is a "he said/he said" case, proving he lied when he denied "knowingly" using steroids will be a problem, and the even bigger problem will be Congress' authority to have called him as a witness in the first place.

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    Roger Clemens Pleads Not Guilty | 8 comments (8 topical)

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    Probably won't fly (none / 0) (#1)
    by jbindc on Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 04:05:11 PM EST
    Since during the hearings, Henry Waxman announced he wasn't going to call Clemens, until Clemes and his lawyer insisted he testify.

    Clemens ought to be Clemons (none / 0) (#2)
    by jeffinalabama on Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 04:22:28 PM EST
    in the headline, Jeralyn. I had to look at it 5-6 times before it struck me! Although I think Clemons wrote a book on pitching, didn't he? Maybe both are authors.

    Or the first sentence is misspelled... (none / 0) (#3)
    by jeffinalabama on Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 04:24:29 PM EST
    I can't spell the guy's name anyway! Next time I'll keep my yap shut, or my fingers off the keyboard, as it were.

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    Do you agree he is "great"? (none / 0) (#4)
    by oculus on Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 04:53:15 PM EST


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    Not "great." (none / 0) (#5)
    by oculus on Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 04:58:11 PM EST
    "Baseball giant."

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    Hmmmmmm... (none / 0) (#6)
    by jeffinalabama on Mon Aug 30, 2010 at 06:13:03 PM EST
    He was incredibly succesful, but now, to me, his totals are suspicious.

    He was dominating, I'll give him that.

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    felony trap (none / 0) (#7)
    by diogenes on Wed Sep 01, 2010 at 08:09:24 PM EST
    Can Roger Clemens say "Scooter Libby"?

    Wow (none / 0) (#8)
    by squeaky on Wed Sep 01, 2010 at 10:46:55 PM EST
    What an insane comparison.

    I hope you are getting paid for this.

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