Every baseball fan knows that Roger Clemens is accused in obstruction of justice. It is said that he has lied before Congress about usage of steroids and HGH.
Rusty Hardin, the attorney that was hired by Roger Clemens to defend him, claimed that Roger Clemens’ physical appearance didn’t change greatly before, during and after his working with the coach Brian McNamee. The attorney confirmed that this factor was a proof that Roger Clemens hadn’t administered steroids and other related medicines.
Changing in muscle size is commonly used by federal prosecutors as proof that an athlete administers steroids or/and other related products. But this tendency was not utilized during the case against Roger Clemens. No one could confirm that Roger Clemens’ muscles displayed that he had applied steroids and HGH. It is a difference between the case against Roger Clemens and that against Barry Bonds.
When it comes to the governmental case against Barry Bonds, prosecutors called many individuals in the trial that could testify that anabolic steroids promoted significant changes in physique of this person. They confirmed that application of steroids caused increase of muscle size, increased size of the head and shrinkage of testicles in Barry Bonds.
Thus, Rusty Hardin showed 4 pictures of Roger Clemens. The pictures displayed physique of Roger Clemens, including the period of time when Clemens was working with Brian McNamee. The attorney noticed that the pictures manifested that there were no changes in physical appearance that could manifest that he administered steroids and HGH.
The defense attorney for Roger Clemens noticed that the photos displayed just the process of ageing. The masseur Cheryl Redfern noticed that she didn’t observe any changes in physical appearance of Roger Clemens. Roger Clemens experienced neither back acne, nor abnormal development of breast tissue, nor dramatically enhanced muscle size.
Phil Garner a former Major League Baseball player also claimed that there were not any obvious changes in physical appearance and performance of Roger Clemens during working with the coach Brian McNamee.
The Assistant US Attorney Steve Durham put efforts to discredit the argument about lack of physical changes in Roger Clemens during the cross-examination of Garner. He confirmed that while certain steroids increased muscle size, others didn’t promote adding muscles. Thus, he confirmed that the pictures could display nothing about steroid use.
Feds desire to take advantages in both cases: in the case against Roger Clemens and in that against Barry Bonds. While they affirm that changes in physical appearance of Barry Bonds manifest that he has administered steroids, lack of physical changes in Roger Clemens doesn’t prove that he hasn’t taken steroids.
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