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Roger Clemens to be indicted for perjury for false statement to Congress

By Douglas A. Berman

This breaking story from the New York Times interests me as a baseball fan and as a criminal law and sentencing professor.  It is headlined "Clemens to Be Indicted for Perjury in Doping Testimony," and gets started this way: Federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to two people briefed on the matter. An announcement is expected shortly. The indictment comes nearly two and half years after Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee testified under oath at a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, directly contradicting each other about whether Clemens had used the banned substances. Anyone want to predict (1) if Clemens will even consider a plea, and (2) what kind of sentence might be offered by the feds in an effort to get him to plea?continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 19, 2010 (boomark / email).