Winner of a record seven Cy Young Awards, baseball pitching star Roger Clemens, sat silently in federal court as his trial opened on charges of perjury and obstruction of Congress.

Clemens is facing charges that carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.

From NPR.org:

Clemens remained expressionless as the prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Durham, told the jury that the government had physical proof that the 48-year-old onetime pitching ace had been repeatedly injected with anabolic steroids and human growth hormone.

Clemens, whose fastball was so powerful he earned the nickname “Rocket,” is not charged with using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. Rather, it is his denial of steroid and HGH use in testimony before a House committee in 2008 that could cost him his freedom. He is charged with six different counts of perjury, making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation into the use of banned substances in baseball.

Clemens said during his congressional testimony, “I’ve been accused of something I’m not guilty of. … I’ve never taken steroids or HGH.”

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U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton, the judge looking after the case of Roger Clemens, has selected 24 potential jurors from an original pool of 50 to come back Tuesday.

Clemens, the most decorated pitcher in Major League Baseball, has pleaded not guilty to charges of committing perjury, obstructing Congress, and making false statements in 2008.

From Washingtonpost.com:

None of the potential jurors probed by the judge Monday were more than casual baseball fans, though many had heard of Clemens. The second potential juror said she was a fan of European soccer.

“I have not followed baseball since the ‘80s,” she said. She was asked to come back Tuesday.

Another juror worried the defense when he said he came from a law enforcement family consisting of police officers, detectives, a sheriff and a Texas Ranger.

But the potential juror, who catered federal and Republican Party events during George W. Bush’s two terms as president, said he would be fair.

“I’m a Regular Joe, okay?” he said. “I’m going to still love baseball, no matter which way this goes.”

Clemens told a House committee that he did not use anabolic steroids and Human Growth Hormone.

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A federal judge has been asked by Major League Baseball veteran Roger Clemens to bar prosecutors from retrying him on charges that he lied to Congress.

Clemens argued that he can’t face a jury twice for the same crime under the constitution.

From Bloomberg.com:

Clemens, 48, filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against him today in U.S. district court in Washington. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton ended the first trial July 14 after prosecutors showed jurors a video clip containing information he had ruled couldn’t be part of the government’s perjury and obstruction case.

Clemens’s lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said in court papers that the government’s conduct “was no accident.” He alleged the experienced prosecutors on the case had intentionally provoked a mistrial after setbacks that “cast doubt” on whether Clemens could be convicted.

Hardin, who asked for the mistrial during the second day of testimony, said, “A second trial in which the government can improve its jury selection, hone its trial strategy, and tackle issues raised by the defense in opening,” would reward the government’s misconduct and subject Clemens to an unconstitutional retrial.

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Three FBI special agents and one FBI intelligence analyst were recently arrested on charges that they concealed their use of performance enhancing drugs, including steroids and human growth hormones.

The four individuals were charged by U.S. prosecutors for lying on forms that are used for assessing fitness for duty by omitting that they had conditions requiring the drugs and that they had taken them.

From Reuters.com:

FBI policy prohibits the use of anabolic steroids, and while they are not illegal, they are banned from many sports although many athletes and others have used them to build up muscle quickly to enhance their performance.

The use of performance-enhancing drugs has roiled the sports world where several top athletes have been accused of lying about taking steroids and human growth hormones, including former baseball pitching star Roger Clemens.

FBI Deputy Director Timothy Murphy said the investigation was continuing and the agency was cooperating.

“FBI employees must be held to the highest standards of ethical conduct,” Murphy said in a statement. “When this information came to our attention, a thorough investigation was initiated which led to today’s charges.”

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Reds Minor League catcher Jose Raga was recently placed under suspension after he tested positive for a banned steroid.

A catcher with Cincinnati’s Venezuelan Summer League affiliate tested positive for Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

From Web.minorleaguebaseball.com:

Raga, a 17-year-old from San Felipe, Venezuela, had appeared in six games for the Rookie-level Reds, going 3-for-13 with two RBIs. This was the 5-foot-11 backstop’s first season in the Minors.

Stanozolol is a synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone that is used by body builders as well as with animals to promote muscle growth, increased bone density and red blood cell production. In baseball, it has previously been linked to Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro and Roger Clemens, among others.

Raga is the 30th player to be suspended in 2011 under the Minor League program, his ban coming two days after Braves pitcher Matt Suschak was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for amphetamines.

Raga has received a 50-game suspension, according to the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball.

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Giants’ slugger Barry Bonds will go to trial for perjury and obstruction of justice in conjunction in March 2011 with his alleged use of performance enhancing drugs.

If he is found guilty, the punishment should fit the crime.

From Articles.sfgate.com:

Over the last few years, federal law enforcement has taken steps to crack down on the illegal use of and trafficking in performance enhancing drugs. As a result, a number of high profile athletes, including baseball’s Roger Clemens and cycling’s Lance Armstrong, are now ensnared in ongoing investigations. As these cases come to closure, there is an important opportunity to help educate our nation’s young people that using these drugs is illegal, cheating and sometimes even deadly.

Courts and prosecutors have the ability to fashion penalties to aid the victims of offenses and prevent future harms. For example, the penalties imposed in the tobacco settlements have funded anti-smoking campaigns. In the case of steroids and other performance-enhancing drug use, the real victims are our children. A 2008 study of students in 12 states determined that about 50 percent of students in grades 8 through 12 who admitted to using these drugs said that the behaviors of professional athletes influenced his or her decision to use. The impact is serious.

About 1 million high school students admit to knowingly using anabolic steroids as per federal surveys.

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A judge has postponed the trial of Roger Clemens for three months until July so his lawyers could review the voluminous evidence generated during a 2 ½- year investigation into whether Clemens lied about using performance enhancing drugs.

Clemens’s lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said the defense needed more time to go through the material they receive and for hiring an expert witness to examine the scientific evidence against Clemens.

From NYTimes.com:

Hardin also said that the baseball investigator George J. Mitchell and a Congressional panel that examined the use of performance-enhancing drugs were refusing to turn over material for the criminal case. He said the Mitchell team was claiming attorney-client and attorney work-product privileges, and the committee was arguing that turning the material over would violate the separation of powers between the legislative and judicial branches. Hardin indicated he would seek a subpoena for the contested material, particularly any interviews with Clemens’s accusers.

United States District Judge Reggie Walton set a March 14 hearing on the matter and said he expected the Mitchell team and the committee would try to fight a subpoena. He said that battle could end up in appeals court, but he hoped it would not delay the trial further.

If convicted of six counts, the baseball player could face 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine, although 15 to 21 months is the more likely sentence under federal guidelines.

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The former baseball pitcher, Roger Clemens, recently pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied and obstructed a congressional investigation into whether he used banned performance enhancing drugs.

Clemens said “not guilty, your honor,” in response to three counts of making false statements, two counts of perjury and one count of obstructing the US Congress.

From Guardian.co.uk:

The judge set jury selection for 5 April for Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award seven times as his league’s best pitcher. If convicted, Clemens could face $1.5m (£980,000) in fines and up to 30 years in prison.

Clemens towered over his lawyers as he arrived in the courtroom which was filled with reporters who followed the baseball star out of the building where television cameras and photographers surrounded a black SUV as he stepped inside. The judge has admonished both the defense and prosecution not to talk about the case.

In February 2008 Clemens denied using steroids and human growth hormones to the staff of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and again during a congressional hearing. He was under oath both times.

Clemens, who was known as “The Rocket” during his 24-year career, said on Twitter that he was innocent of the lying charges and again denied using human growth hormones or steroids.

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Ever since Barry Bonds entered a San Francisco courthouse to testify about the use of drugs by him, baseball fans and media have been a part of anguished debate in relation to use of drugs in sports.

The baseball world is all full of speculations whether two “cheaters”, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, will be excluded by the Hall of Fame voters for making use of steroids and performance enhancing drugs.

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But because wrestling is not taken as seriously as baseball or football, oversight of its health hazards has been relatively low profile. Congressional investigators interviewed representatives of pro wrestling after they staged the Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa-Jose Canseco extravaganza. The wrestling inquiry took place behind the scenes, off camera. No one in the WWE had stolen Roger Maris’ place in history or cheapened 500 career home runs. So a public hearing was deemed unnecessary.

But while Congress criminalized steroid possession without a prescription 20 years ago, it still hasn’t made a move on corked bats or Gaylord Perry. The cheating element of PEDs wouldn’t matter so much if not for associated health risks.

In choosing their nominee, Connecticut Republicans discounted a scathing Hartford Courant editorial written by the father of the late wrestling star Chris Benoit, who killed himself, his wife and 7-year-old son in 2007. Michael Benoit attributed the murder-suicide to brain trauma detected in his son during postmortem testing. (There was also evidence of steroid use.) He blamed the McMahons for demanding excessively dangerous stunts in the ring.

Linda McMahon who has been accused of doing little to nothing to curb steroid use may find respite in the fact that users of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs such as Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger have been appointed as governors.

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David Justice, the former Braves slugger, has vehemently denied making use of injected steroids and remarked that he has his fear of needles.

This statement by Justice was in wake of remarks by Kirk Radomski before George Mitchell that he sold human growth hormone to Justice. The revelation was made when Mitchell was in charge of the investigation about use of performance enhancing drugs in baseball.

From AJC.com:

Now consider this: Radomski has a recently published book on steroids and baseball. It’s a book with large passages disputed by Mitchell. Which means it’s wise to question anything leaving Radomski’s lips.

“When he said he took me to the airport after we won the World Series, hey, I got my cousins, I got friends who were up there with me, and they all said, ‘That dude didn’t take you to no airport,’ ” said Justice, who did recall Brian McNamee, the former trainer, now famous for saying Roger Clemens was juiced.

Soon after Justice joined the Yankees in 2000, McNamee approached him with HGH. He told the outfielder it would help his various aches and pains.

“I’m having good days and bad days with my sports hernia and groin, and I’ve got the New York Yankees strength coach, who is Dr. McNamee and somebody I thought was a really cool guy, coming to me,” Justice said. “He tells me, ‘This is not steroids. It will not hurt your body. Doctors prescribe this every day. It will help you with the healing of your groin.’

A box of HGH was given to Justice during an airport ride, Radomski told ESPN. The box was given after Justice finished playing for the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series.

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