WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens won’t be getting back the money he spent on his first perjury trial, the one that ended in a mistrial. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton on Tuesday denied the former pitcher’s request for fees and other ...

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WASHINGTON — Former baseball star Roger Clemens was acquitted Monday on all charges that he obstructed and lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs as a fast-balling pitcher. The trial in U.S. District Court in Washington was lengthy, ...

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WASHINGTON — In their final attempt to convince jurors that Roger Clemens lied to Congress, prosecutors basically called his wife a liar, too. In his closing, Clemens’ lawyer Rusty Hardin characterized the case as “a horrible, horrible overreach by the ...

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WASHINGTON — His large frame towering over the microphone, Roger Clemens leaned forward at the podium and declared to the judge in a deep voice with a Texas twang: “Yes sir, I am not testifying.” Minutes earlier, four prosecutors representing ...

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WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens’ lawyer wagged his finger. His voice cracked. He called himself Columbo. He claimed evidence had been manipulated. He appealed to the jurors’ hearts as well as their heads in his opening statement Tuesday in defense of ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge rejected ex-baseball star Roger Clemens request to throw out perjury charges against him and says he must face another trial. U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton set another trial for April 17. He said if ...

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WASHINGTON — Security guards at the federal courthouse in Washington are under investigation for accepting baseballs autographed by star pitcher Roger Clemens after his criminal trial. The guards are not allowed to accept gifts from a criminal defendant. But the ...

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WASHINGTON — With his trial abruptly cut short, former baseball star Roger Clemens argued Friday that prosecutors intentionally goaded him into asking for a mistrial and asked a judge to throw out his indictment on charges of lying to Congress. ...

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WASHINGTON — Baseball star Roger Clemens’ battle against perjury charges likely is far from over and probably will be the subject of a second trial, according to many legal experts. Clemens would have to convince the judge that prosecutors intentionally ...

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Recently, I was doing a little research on Hank Aaron and came across an article by Henri Bauholz called “How to Hit a Home Run.” With a recent case in the back of my mind, I thought: can trial attorneys ...

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