Clemens Trial Jury

I now have more hope than I've had in the U.S. legal system than I've had in a while.

These are some of the quotes of jurors from the case (along with a bit of the story:)

"Brian McNamee was not a strong enough witness to render a verdict of guilty against Roger Clemens," juror Bradford Weaver told The Associated Press. He said that McNamee wasn't credible for the jury because of a lack of "truthfulness."

"The witnesses for the prosecution were, uh, how does one put it, kind of wanting, if you will. ... It was quite lacking. If that's what they were going to go with, then they should probably not have pursued the case in the first place if that's all they had, you know."

The U.S. Attorney's office for the District of Columbia, which prosecuted the case, declined to comment Wednesday.

Another juror, Joyce Robinson-Paul, told the AP the case came down to "who was the liar? Was it Clemens or was it McNamee? We decided that it was McNamee."

She said jurors concluded there were too many inconsistencies and too many different stories from McNamee. And she said they didn't believe that the physical evidence -- medical waste containing steroids and Clemens' DNA -- was reliable.

"Seven years of garbage?" said Robinson-Paul, a retiree. "That had to be tested against the test of time in a beer can. Plus, it was devious on his part."

It still frustrates me that this case even came to trial. It bothers me that Congress got this whole mess going by making McNamee their key witness. But at least the jurors were bright enough to see how incompetent the government was in the pursuit of "justice." I applaud the jury.

I'm still afraid of the government, however.