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Tejada Pleads Guilty to Lying to Congress
[SIZE=-1]New York Times[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Tejada pleaded to a charge that he lied to Congressional investigators who were looking into whether Rafael Palmeiro had lied about his use of steroids. Tejada, who was the American Leagues most valuable player in 2002, is the most prominent major leaguer to plead guilty in a case involving performance-enhancing drugs. He is not expected to serve prison time. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Daniel C. Richman, a professor of law at Columbia University and a former federal prosecutor, said Tejadas plea appeared to indicate two things.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]If Clemens thought that he kept his head down and the government would eventually go away, todays plea is a clear message that that wont work, Richman said. This certainly shows that the government is committed to steroid-related perjury cases and is not going to look the other way on them. But it also shows that they these prosecutors are willing to take light pleas from defendants who are willing to come to them and accept guilt.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]New York Times[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Tejada pleaded to a charge that he lied to Congressional investigators who were looking into whether Rafael Palmeiro had lied about his use of steroids. Tejada, who was the American Leagues most valuable player in 2002, is the most prominent major leaguer to plead guilty in a case involving performance-enhancing drugs. He is not expected to serve prison time. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Daniel C. Richman, a professor of law at Columbia University and a former federal prosecutor, said Tejadas plea appeared to indicate two things.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]If Clemens thought that he kept his head down and the government would eventually go away, todays plea is a clear message that that wont work, Richman said. This certainly shows that the government is committed to steroid-related perjury cases and is not going to look the other way on them. But it also shows that they these prosecutors are willing to take light pleas from defendants who are willing to come to them and accept guilt.[/SIZE]
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