Brian McNamee

Judge Walton can’t legally throw out the indictment thus a retrial was ruled Friday. The defense was dismayed by the decision of Judge Reggie Walton to allow the prosecution to retry Roger Clemens for steroid perjury charges. Clemens’ lead lawyer told the media that they will decide within days whether to appeal the ruling. Defense: Mistrial Provoked The defense asked Judge Walton to declare a mistrial when the prosecution presented evidences that were previously barred by the judge. The...Read Full Story

The defense team filed a motion this week asking the court to bar any move of the government to revive the steroid perjury case of Roger Clemens . Clemens’ lawyers claim that a re-trial would violate the constitutional rights of their client. If Clemens will be charged with the same offense it would fall under double jeopardy. They also argued that a second trial would put their client to even more expense, embarrassment and anxiety. Thus, it would be unfair to proceed with a second trial...Read Full Story

Finally, the long wait is over. The perjury trial of one of the best pitchers in the major league baseball started. Roger Clemens , the seven-time Cy Young awardee with 354 games won in 23 seasons and with an impressive 4,672 strikeouts, was charged with lying to Congress when he vehemently denied that he ever used steroids or HGH . His case is now being heard at a US District Court in Washington. Steroids Found in Evidences After giving jury the final instructions, Judge Reggie Walton...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - Prosecutors on Friday urged a federal judge to give them another chance at trying pitching star Roger Clemens for perjury after a mistrial was declared over their introduction of evidence that was banned. Clemens, who is facing charges that he lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs, asked Judge Reggie Walton to bar government prosecutors from getting another chance to try the case. His lawyers argued another prosecution would violate his...Read Full Story

From time to time I am honored to have guest bloggers featured.  Today a friend of mine, Brent Clanton is featured with an interesting take on the Roger Clemens trial.  His comments will certainly make you think… I am bemused to hear Roger Clemens will be going on trial for lying to Congress over controlled substances, when they’ve been lying to the American public for years over the substance of legislation they control. Or just lying outright. The most-obvious recent example of this is...Read Full Story

MLB star pitcher Roger Clemens , in his appearance before Governmental forces in Washington, was not the Roger Clemens with the MLB lightning fastball. Trying to throw off-speed pitches by Congress, Rojer Clemens seemed confused and defensive in his attempt to clear his name away from HGH, steroids and anything relating to performance-enhancing drugs. It was a bad event for Roger Clemens , not just that his name will forever be linked to this fiasco, but that in trying to space himself from...Read Full Story

The aborted Roger Clemens trial has shown that federal prosecutors still care deeply about steroids , and lying about their use to Congress. Clemens’ shredded reputation is in limbo after mistrial in the perjury case against one of baseball ’s all-time greats. From Miamiherald.com : Charged with lying to Congress about performance enhancing drugs , Clemens joined otherwise surefire Hall of Famers Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire as the personification of the sport’s steroid era . Bonds...Read Full Story

Roger Clemens will be facing the jury next month and will convince them that he did not lie about his use of steroids . The Rocket is facing one count of obstructing a congressional investigation, two counts of perjury and 3 counts of making false statements. As the trial nears, the defense team filed this week a motion that specifically targets the prosecution’s main witness Brian McNamee . They want to break the credibility of the former trainer by requesting the court to allow them present...Read Full Story

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (front) leaves the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011 Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Your government failed you today. There's no other way to put it. For almost three years, federal investigators have been building a perjury case against Roger Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young award winner who told a Congressional committee, under oath in a nationally televised 2008 hearing, that he never used performance-enhancing drugs...Read Full Story

If Barry Bonds was able to get away from a guilty verdict on his steroids use, Roger Clemens may be facing a different situation. The home run king was only found guilty of obstruction of justice but the heart of the case which is lying about anabolic steroid and human growth hormone use was declared by the judge as mistrial. The jury failed to decide unanimously on the other counts related to Bonds’ steroid use because of the credibility of the witnesses. Some legal experts already...Read Full Story