Post subject: Roger Clemens Is Going to End Up In Jail
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I think it's likely that Clemens will be prosecuted for perjury and probably end up with a prison sentence. If the old cans/junk recently given to prosecutors by McNamee support McNamee's allegations, then it will be hard for Clemens not to be prosecuted--as he will have blatantly lied multiple times in situations in which perjury is a crime.
The prosecutors who will look at this situation first are one from California, who are presumably the ones who have already been doing the sports/steriods prosecutions.
When the Mitchell report first came out, I was surprised that Clemens spoke up so vociferously. The evidence looked fairly compellling, and even if it wasn't, I don't think Clemens' aggressive and public approach was the right strategy.
If the allegations are even partially true or supportable, Clemens has now lied numerous times, not some small or or one-time statement that could be argued to be something other than lying. Despite who he is, I don't see how prosecutors and Congress can let him get away with lying like this--again assuming they believe he has been lying. If they let something this blatant and this public go, it will encourage others to try the same tact in similar situations--or so their argument will go.
In addition, I think Clemens will be called to testify in front of a grand jury, sooner or later--perhaps in connection with the investigation of someone else or himself. He absolutely will have to take the 5th amendment then. If he doesn't, and the prosecutors thing he's perjured himself, he will definitely be charged in that situation.
If he is convicted of perjury or pleas to it or something similar, I don't see how he can be given a slap on the wrist. I think it will include prison time.
I wish this weren't the case. I like Clemens. This didn't have to occur. He could have kept his mouth shut. I think he would have gotten into the hall of fame anyway, as he is so big, generally liked, and so many other players have admitted or been linked to steriods.
Clemens should have pulled a Pettitt, and came out and said, "yeah, I did it back a few years ago. I was trying to maintain a competitive edge, it wasn't banned by MLB, wasn't tested for. I regret it and wish I had never done it."
It would have all been over, and done with. Bonds too.
Did anyone else get the feeling watching it that this was kind of like watching OJ? He has told everyone he didn't do it so often that I think he actually believes himself.
The worst part of yesterday was watching congress make further asses out of themselves. If those are the best people for the job, I hate to think about the people they beat out to get there.
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or pulled a Clinton.
"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the--if he--if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, (insert "Used Steroids") that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true."
Wouldn't they have to let him off based on Legal Precedence?.
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But of course, I repeat myself..."
-Samuel L. Clemens
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If OJ didn't, Roger probably won't. He should have done like the Presidential candidate that answered "I don't remember" 43 times before a grand jury investigating the Rose Law Firm records.
The rest of the players that lied about their use like Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosca are still at large too.
Unfortuately fame brings privilege that the common man doesn't get.
Besides that, our government has better things to do, like clean up their own act and let the MLB take care of itself.
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