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Judge Denies Clemens Compensation for Mistrial
Reporter: AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 costs associated with the trial that ended abruptly last July when prosecutors showed jurors a snippet of videotaped evidence that had been previously ruled inadmissible.
Walton said last fall that "it doesn't seem fair" for Clemens to pay for the government's mistake, but the judge's ruling found that the law doesn't allow for such compensation because it wasn't shown that the prosecutors deliberately introduced the barred evidence.
Clemens was charged with lying to Congress when he denied using
performance-enhancing drugs. He was retried this year and found not
guilty on all counts.
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