You’d look smug too if you just beat six perjury charges like Roger Clemens.

Chalk up another fail for the government’s crusade to get drugs out of sports.  Barry Bonds was found guilty on a technicality.  Lance Armstrong was investigated for two years before the case was thrown out (the US Anti-Doping Agency allegations are from an unofficial non-governmental organization).  Now, Roger Clemens, the third high-profile criminal case against an accused sports cheater, is a free man.  Roger Clemens was found not guilty of perjury, beating all six counts against him.

The trial took 10 weeks, but the jury only deliberated for 10 hours before handing down the six not guilty verdicts on two counts of perjury, three counts of making false statements, and one count of obstructing Congress.  The problem, according to the jury, is that the lead witness, former strength coach Brian McNamee, was seen as unreliable.  After all, he is a drug dealer, and he apparently does have an ax to grind against Clemens since he kept dirty needles and cotton balls from 12 years ago.

“I put a lot of hard work into that career,” said Clemens, who won 354 games in 24 seasons, a league MVP award, and a staggering 7 Cy Young Awards during his career.  “And so again I appreciate my teammates who came in and all the emails and phone calls.  Thank y’all very much.”

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