U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton has tried to keep things civil in the court, telling Prosecutor Steven Durham and Hardin to behave. He said, "You don't have to throw dirt," but the way things seem to be going, they both need to take a good bath.
Lawyers can never be sure what goes through the minds of a jury, but this case is going to come down to whom they believe to be telling the truth. Someone is lying and someone may be convicted, and the real truth may never be known, but a former Yankee could end up in prison. One day Clemens may be watching a game behind bars and see Braun running across the field and wonder how this all happened to him, like a scene in the worst soap opera. Unfortunately, this could be a painful reality for the Cy Young Award winning pitcher. You can't make this stuff up indeed!
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1 - His Excellency Prince Igor
What I learned from this sordid episode is: "Take the fifth!"
Clemens could have taken the fifth and avoided all this. At worst he would have been offered a prosecution exclusion that would have required him to testify but would have kept him free.
Instead, he chose to try to bully his way through the testimony and now he is in jeopardy.
Vanity, vanity. All is vanity.
Pride goeth before a fall.
Etc. (You can add your own favorite homily here).