Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 14, 2008
Pardon Me

McNamee's lawyer makes a pre-emptive strike at denying Clemens a pardon:

One of Brian McNamee's lawyers predicted Roger Clemens will be pardoned by President Bush, saying some Republicans treated his client harshly because of the pitcher's friendship with the Bush family.

Lawyer Richard Emery made the claims Thursday, a day after a congressional hearing broke down along party lines. Many Democrats were skeptical of Clemens' denials he used performance-enhancing drugs and Republicans questioned the character of McNamee, the personal trainer who made the accusations against the seven-time Cy Young Award winner.

This won't happen. First of all, by the time anyone got around to indicting and trying Clemens, Bush will be out of office. I suppose he could pull a Ford and pardon Clemens before the fact, but somehow I don't think it will happen. The chances of convicting Clemens for perjury given the McNamee as a witness are slim and none.


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Slim and none now. But you're ignoring pettitte's statement. And if Jeff Novitzky decides to go after clemens, watch out.

Posted by: mark at February 14, 2008 03:21 PM

So, no murderers to put away, no one being affected by identity thieves? I understand about the need to prosecute perjury, but really, there's no underlying crime or anything here that's being prosecuted. Congress should not have stuck it's nose in this to begin with and I don't think going after Clemens or McNamee is the best allocation of our nation's crime fighting resources.

Posted by: rbj at February 14, 2008 04:54 PM

the lawyer for an ex-cop who turned drug dealer and street slimeball shouldn't be lecturing anyone on pardons.

by the way, how is McNamee paying for this? When he had that Florida charge in which he lied to the cops, he never paid his complete legal bill. How does he pay for a team of $ 600 per hour lawyers who love to see that red light on the cameras? (And no. pro bono cases are usually for death penalty or a firm's pet cause, not a durg mule.

Posted by: rmt at February 14, 2008 05:11 PM

RMT: your key word is 'usually'.

No one--literally, no one--can say with 100% certainty that there aren't some attorneys with relevant skills that would take on McNamee pro bono for this case.

Posted by: Mark at February 14, 2008 11:48 PM

RMT: your key word is 'usually'.

No one--literally, no one--can say with 100% certainty that there aren't some attorneys with relevant skills that would take on McNamee pro bono for this case.

Posted by: Mark at February 14, 2008 11:48 PM
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