Posted on 07/18/2011 10:56:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Roger Clemens was accused of the same thing that Eric Holder did in Gunwalker; lying to Congress.
For Mr. Holder to be prosecuting Clemens for his own crime could have been very embarrassing as more and more people became aware of it.
I believe that Holder told his prosecutors to get the case thrown out of court. How else can you explain the stupidity of their mistake?
There will be no retrial. Eric Holder can't afford it.
Blunder jeopardizes Clemens case
Whatever, it was outrageous that the government went after Roger in the first place.
Of course it was.
So you don't think Attorneys General should be held to the same standards they hold the peasants to?
“the system” momentarily corrected itself — or rather, screwed itself. The gods of the system be thanked.
Sure.
The law is still there. They will selectively enforce it as soon as the coast is clear.
I’d appreciate it if anybody could explain the supposed problem with professional athletes using anabolic steroids for me, I’ve never understood that one.
I'd appreciate knowing why Eric Holder isn't prosecuting himself for the same crime he accused Roger Clemens of.
The argument is that if steroids are indeed harmful to long-term health, it isn't fair that athletes will feel pressure to take steroids in order to be competitive with those who do juice. That being said, that should be up to the professional leagues to deal with, not the Federal government.
Maybe I’m wrong, but a mistrial just means that version is over - the government can retry him. This doesn’t run afoul of the double jeopardy issue, because this basically says the first trial never happened, right?
/I am not a lawyer, but I play one on the internet
The pressure extends all the way into high school sports and junior high sports.
"That being said, that should be up to the professional leagues to deal with, not the Federal government.
I disagree. The leagues would tend to turn the other way and refuse to notice it. This is appropriately the realm of state and federal government.
I thought the Congressional hearings were a bizzare spectacle. I suppose Justice didn't have any choice after he clearly perjured himself. Still, for professional prosecutors to throw case is almost unprecedented. I haven't heard anymore about the case since Friday. I assume the charges could be dismissed "with prejudice", since the mistrial was caused by prosecutorial misconduct.
They deliberately created a mistrial.
They aren't going to retry him.
How would that look, Eric Holder prosecuting a baseball celebrity for the same crime he, himself, is documented to have committed?
One major problem is that many of these steroid drugs are illegal without a doctor’s prescription. Since these drugs are illegal unless one is under a doctor’s care and supervision, these drugs were used illegally by these athletes.
But I wonder if legal substances are being used also. A generation ago, a 300 pound player in the NFL was rare. Today there are dozens of players tipping the scales over 300. If they aren’t using the prescription only steroids, I wonder what they are using? It’s hard to believe that multitudes of NFL players in recent years just decided to over eat to gain all that weight.
This is appropriately the realm of state and federal government.
The first trial started (jury was selected).
The judge will decide whether it was a deliberate act and whether there will be a 2nd trial.
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