Roger Clemens verdict: Not guilty on all six counts
By Kevin Kaduk
http://tinyurl.com/7gtwyk5
After eight weeks, 46 witnesses, two dozing jurors and an estimated $2
million-$3 million spent in taxpayer money, the Roger Clemens trial has
finally come to a close.
The verdict: Not guilty on three counts of making false statements, not
guilty on two counts of perjury and not guilty on one count of obstruction.
The charges stemmed from testimony that Clemens made in February 2008,
telling a Congressional committee that he had never taken steroids or HGH.
Prosecutors also alleged that Clemens intentionally made false statements
that misled investigators.
Clemens faced a maximum sentence of 30 years and a $1.5 million fine if he
had been convicted on all six counts, but he instead made out better than
Barry Bonds. The all-time career home runs leader was hit with one charge of
obstruction — but sentenced to no jail time — in his own perjury case.
Both Clemens and Bonds will hit the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time
this winter and it's likely that neither will walk away happy with the
results. Whether you agree with their stance or not, Cooperstown's voters
carry a much lower burden of proof when it comes to the evidence that both
used performance-enhancing drugs during their careers.
But like Bonds, Clemens benefited from the reasonable-doubt standard that's
applied in a federal courtroom. Despite staging an exhaustive trial, federal
prosecutors were unable to build a convincing case. Nor were they able to
defeat the doubts that the defense raised about the motives and integrity of
former Clemens trainer Brian McNamee.
So that's that. While we'll argue forever about the merits of the nation's
lawmakers getting involved with baseball's steroid era, Clemens has escaped
the legal process with no major damage except for a sizable lawyer bill.
He'll face much more public scrutiny going forward, of course, but this trial
was really never going to have any impact on the court of public opinion.
Your view of Clemens before this verdict is probably the same as your view
now.
UPDATE: The U.S Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia has released
the following statement:
"The jury has spoken in this matter and we thank them for their service. We
respect the judicial process and the jury's verdict. The U.S. Attorney's
Office also wishes to thank the investigators and prosecutors, who pursued
this case with tremendous dedication and professionalism after its referral
to us from Congress."
大意: 對Clemens的六項指控全數被判無罪 但他的HOF之路?
[老實說個人覺得禁藥事件B.Selig本來就是該負最大責任的人
在最高位的人 不先對內訂訂規則 反而請前參議員先調查 這想法也滿特殊的]
[如果要探討吃HCG等 有無道德之議題 又是另一個討論面象了]
對了記得以ERA+來看 Clemens似乎是近代最強投手沒有之一 XD
畢竟生涯有2場單場20K(還相隔10年 XD)

無罪的話推那個會不會用挑釁論處咧？

黑掉了...

就像Bonds一樣黑掉...但實際上論成績還是很猛

Selig真的是...

看來名人堂穩進了 畢竟是一代強投 又有法院背書！

史上先發ERA+最強的是神右 但火箭總局數比Pedro多一半

黑掉了 我覺得有點難 雖然他大概還沒Bonds黑

HOF有點疑慮 畢竟以高道德標準來說目前用藥者都暫時很難

有*星號的 都先暫時緩緩 但火箭真的猛

法院背書，但法院沒有名人堂投票權啊要看看有投票權者心裡怎麼想的才重要

Big Mac 過去幾年的得票率就是目前的一個指標

無罪至少就還有希望 不過大概要等很久才勉強進吧

很難說 有年限限制下投票者想法不改變的話機會越來越少

看BigMac每年的得票率就知道不妙 但難保哪一年會突然暴衝

投票的都是老一輩的 可能也不管法院判的怎樣...

當年剛開始看 MLB 時 第一個喜歡的球員就是火箭

他扯入禁藥疑雲時還感到難過 =(

樓上+1

BIG MAC都很危險了

超愛火箭+1....

HOF應該會接受他，畢竟都有法院的判決了...

Selig對禁藥的態度和IFBB的老闆差不多隨便......

不知道老派跟老火箭之間的友情還在不在... @@

樓上 應該是不在了 ._.

法院認證等不等於BBWAA認證 等明年年初就知道了

Bonds沒*之前 媒體關係就不好.. 黑很久了..

說到單場20K 一定要提到.....

Baker

哀 這項運動被搞成這樣....

可以進強人堂 不該近名人堂<<<模範生名人堂是要看名譽的

Selig sucks