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The Clemens Retrial: Is There A Way Out for the Government and Rocket?

Judge Walton was very angry that the prosecutors, in the first Roger Clemens trial, violated an evidentiary causing a mistrial. However, he cooled down enough to make that right decision that case against Clemens should not be dismissed because of this inadvertent error. Apparently, the judge...

Chris Fusco on MLB Network: Roger Clemens Mistrial Analysis

The Clemens Trial Begins: Let's Get Technical

Finally, after about a week of jury selection, a jury has been chosen to serve in the case of the United States of America v. Roger Clemens. According to the court, opening statements are to begin today. Opening statements, unlike closing arguments, are not supposed to be about fireworks. An...

Clemens Trial: The Rocket is Blasting off a Cliff

If you listen to the Congressmen who presided over Roger Clemens’ ill-fated hearing, you will learn that Clemens demanded to testify to clear his name. Instead of exonerating himself, the Rocket coined the “misremember” phrase and got himself indicted. Nice work. Now, as I...

Supreme Court Declines Clemens Appeal

Clemens and his attorneys suffered another loss, as the United States Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal of the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against Brian McNamee.  The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had dismissed all claims against McNamee, because the allegedly defamatory...