Names of twelve individuals (four men and eight women) who served as jury at the governmental case against the former baseball player Roger Clemens were released by the judge Reggie Walton.
The government desired the jury to be convinced that Roger Clemens had lied before the Congress about administration of steroids and HGH. But since the jury didn’t believe it, the government criticized the individuals who served as the jury. Several individuals who served as the jury were interviewed.
A political activist, an art historian, a teacher of deaf kids, an official of Treasury Department and an employee of the Canadian Embassy composed the jury.
The political activist Joyce Robinson-Paul was interviewed by the New York Daily News some days after the verdict. She noticed that the jurors comprehended that they had to be fair to both the government and the sportsman. But they didn’t find anything that had to be pursued. Later she also confirmed that the federal prosecutors were not able to prove their suspicions.
Bradford Weaver, an employee of the Canadian Embassy stated that the government acted wrongly. This person noted that such situations should not happen again. This person also noticed that there was nothing to be prosecuted. He was interviewed by the Associated Press. He also affirmed that each juror understood from the very beginning that Roger Clemens was not proven guilty of any charge. Bradford Weaver reminded that each juror was unanimous.
The employee of the Canadian Embassy was also asked whether he thought that Roger Clemens really applied steroids. The Associated Press also asked him whether he believed that the governmental case against the athlete represented only the waste of taxpayers’ funds. But he refused to answer the questions.
Another juror that chose not to be identified stated that the jurors didn’t comprehend how the government could spend huge sums of money during 5 years in order to pursue the baseball player. This person claimed that it was impossible to understand why the prosecution took place 5 years.
Other jurors didn’t provide any information.
As for feds, they seemed to be wholly disappointed. They declined to respond to the statements pronounced by the jurors.
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