WASHINGTON — Among the 29 questions the Roger Clemens jury wanted to ask the pitcher’s chief accuser, Brian McNamee, one cut to the heart of the case. WASHINGTON — Among the 29 questions the Roger Clemens jury wanted to ask
WASHINGTON — Among the 29 questions the Roger Clemens jury wanted to ask the pitcher’s chief accuser, Brian McNamee, one cut to the heart of the case.
“Why should we believe you when you have shown so many inconsistencies in your testimonies?”
“I won’t ask that,” U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton declared during a bench conference with trial attorneys to decide which juror questions he would read. “That’s for them to decide.”
The question makes it sound as if at least one of the jurors in the perjury case has serious doubts about the credibility of the government’s key witness against the 11-time All-Star pitcher.
Or it could be that the juror believes McNamee, but wanted to play devil’s advocate just to make sure.
If the World Series can have days off, so can trials of baseball players. The court did not sit Tuesday because the judge had another obligation, a timely pause following five-plus grueling days of testimony from the government’s key witness.
