Marion Jones gets six months in jail.

[jestro]

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3191954

What a bunch of bullshit our system is. She gets jail time for juicing, and someone like Ken Lay gets off scot free.

WTFF?

 

[redshirt27se]

she deserves it.


she's not going to jail for juicing. she's going to jail for lying to federal investigators and being involved in a check fraud scam. sorry, those things are illegal. she earned those 6 months by being stupid.

 

[puddlemonkey]

Didn't lay die before his sentencing? lol

 

[Tytan]

Good point, Juicing didn`t harm anyone else, but her.

 

[heavy_duty]

Glad she got time.
Cheater.


best regards.
Ben Johnson

 

[AAP]

Why did she even admit? I would have denied it to high heavens to this day.

 

[redshirt27se]

Why did she even admit? I would have denied it to high heavens to this day.

no shit


if you already lied to the gov't and the world, coming clean later on serves no purpose other than to fuck yourself over.

 

[jestro]

Why did she even admit? I would have denied it to high heavens to this day.

I don't know, but the next person sure won't.

 

[heavy_duty]

she's God fearing that's why.

plus now she gets a good book deal

 

[Sub-Zero]

didnt her shotputting bohemtoh ape husband juice to/o

 

[Kano]

Ya her juiceing only affected her. Not the other women who could of won gold medals if she wasnt juicing and not to say all the money the other women would of got in endorsement deals.. But she only hurt herself by juicing rofl

 

[digimon7068]

we are the ONLY country in the world that would throw a gold medalist in jail. . .the rest of the world points at us when they speak of moral decay but the fact of the matter is that if you're from uber-religious islamic country (for example) and you go to the olympics and win a gold medal, you can go back home and rape and kill with impunity if you wish and it won't even show up in the newspaper. . .you're a national treasure and you're protected with extreme prejudice. . .not here. . .shit. . .we got two damn wars going on and congress, the fbi, the dea, etc. are spending their time with barry bonds, marion jones, roger clemens and michael vick. . .

a note to the rest of the finger-wagging world. . .kiss my american ass. . .

 

[biteme]

she deserves it.


she's not going to jail for juicing. she's going to jail for lying to federal investigators and being involved in a check fraud scam. sorry, those things are illegal. she earned those 6 months by being stupid.

Who are they? God? You can commit perjury and not go to jail, but you better not lie to the feds.

 

[heavy_duty]

Not true man.
Ben Johnson can't even get a job at Home Depot or Tim Hortons and he got caught like a hundred years ago.

we are the ONLY country in the world that would throw a gold medalist in jail. . .the rest of the world points at us when they speak of moral decay but the fact of the matter is that if you're from uber-religious islamic country (for example) and you go to the olympics and win a gold medal, you can go back home and rape and kill with impunity if you wish and it won't even show up in the newspaper. . .you're a national treasure and you're protected with extreme prejudice. . .not here. . .shit. . .we got two damn wars going on and congress, the fbi, the dea, etc. are spending their time with barry bonds, marion jones, roger clemens and michael vick. . .

a note to the rest of the finger-wagging world. . .kiss my american ass. . .

 

[digimon7068]

Not true man.
Ben Johnson can't even get a job at Home Depot or Tim Hortons and he got caught like a hundred years ago.

you're overlooking one fact. . .canada is actually really part of the u.s.. . .yeah, i know, we let you guys have your own little goverment and all. . .but at the end of the day, we all know who's picking up the tab for important shit like national defense. . .we like to think of you guys as u.s.-lite. . .

i hear what you're saying though, and i suppose that the same also applies to great britain. . .but that's probably about it. . .wouldn't ya say, eh??

 

[Razorguns]

next time bitch will think twice about check fraud. maybe concentrate on a better agent if her career is going nowhere.

 

[roy2]

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas said he gave her the maximum under her plea deal to send a message to athletes who have abused drugs and overlooked the values of "hard work, dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship."

..Asides from the sportsmanship side of things, this comment is bullshit.

I can't picture ANY Olympic level athlete (including the dopers) not putting in a shitload of hard work and dedication into their workouts. Also, I'd guess that most drug using Olympic athletes have about the same views on teamwork as any other elite level athlete.

 

[Razorguns]

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas said he gave her the maximum under her plea deal to send a message to athletes who have abused drugs and overlooked the values of "hard work, dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship."

..Asides from the sportsmanship side of things, this comment is bullshit.

I can't picture ANY Olympic level athlete (including the dopers) not putting in a shitload of hard work and dedication into their workouts. Also, I'd guess that most drug using Olympic athletes have about the same views on teamwork as any other elite level athlete.

poor wording on the judges part.

even w/o steroids - check fraudsters get 6 months or so irregardless here in la. most of them are from the ghetto and use public defeders. so that's why i'm surprised her lawyers couldn't do shit for her. she could've gotten 6 months w/o spending a dime. Hell Paris, who constantly put peoples lives in danger, got way less time.

r

 

[PICK3]

didnt her shotputting bohemtoh ape husband juice to/o

racist!

 

[Kano]

I hope barry bonds rots in jail and gets butt fucked everyday

 

[Wulfgar]

it is fucking retarded
ya, marion is a REAL danger to society..gimme a fuckin break

 

[redshirt27se]

Who are they? God? You can commit perjury and not go to jail, but you better not lie to the feds.

you also better not get caught in a check fraud scam relating to millions of dollars.


i don't know the specifics of her lying to the feds, because i don't give a shit about women's sports. but precedent through MLB has shown that lying to federal investigators = you get fucked.

 

[jestro]

you also better not get caught in a check fraud scam relating to millions of dollars.

I think it was her husband who did the check fraud. She either lied about it or didn't tell the truth. Like she's spossed to narc out her husband.

 

[eddymerckx]

more jail for private conduct--why are the east german women still in the record books for, well, everything?

well, execept for the check fraud--that sorts of messes the whole thing up

 

[digimon7068]

you also better not get caught in a check fraud scam relating to millions of dollars.


i don't know the specifics of her lying to the feds, because i don't give a shit about women's sports. but precedent through MLB has shown that lying to federal investigators = you get fucked.

the thing that really sucks about it is this. . .the feds had her dead to rights on the check fraud thing. . .they told her either:

1. come clean on your steroid use and lose your medals, face public humiliation and get a slap on the wrist from the law OR

2. face public humiliation, possibly lose all your medals AND spend 20 years in prison for the check fraud.

when things like this are perpetrated by anyone else, it's called "blackmail" or "extortion". . .when the feds extract a confession under extreme duress it's called "justice".

so, do you think she told the truth or do you think that she said exactly what the feds told her to say in order to avoid 20 large in a federal penetentiary??

we'll never know the REAL truth imho. . .

 

[Razorguns]

I think it was her husband who did the check fraud. She either lied about it or didn't tell the truth. Like she's spossed to narc out her husband.

then she goes down with him - so she shouldn't[ bitch.

funny - she'll probably divorce him, and have no problem starting wwiii with him. people in marriages are funny.

r

 

[Dial_tone]

I think the govt getting involved in punishing athletes for drug usage is the biggest crock of shit so far this century...but its the sports governing bodies' fault for sitting on their asses about it.

 

[jnevin]

Can't lie to a grand jury.

 

[Spartacus]

you're overlooking one fact. . .canada is actually really part of the u.s.. . .yeah, i know, we let you guys have your own little goverment and all. . .but at the end of the day, we all know who's picking up the tab for important shit like national defense. . .we like to think of you guys as u.s.-lite. . .

i hear what you're saying though, and i suppose that the same also applies to great britain. . .but that's probably about it. . .wouldn't ya say, eh??

we need to pick up mexicos tab and get shit running right in that resource rich country
If I was president I'd invade and send some Jewish businessmen down there to organize the economy
then the illegals can return home and get jobs

 

[Spartacus]

then she goes down with him - so she shouldn't[ bitch.

funny - she'll probably divorce him, and have no problem starting wwiii with him. people in marriages are funny.

r

she's remarried to a track athelete and they live in his modest $200,000 home somewhere in texas I believe
she lived high on the hog for a while
just like many of the wall street crooks
and they're doing time

 

[Dial_tone]

we need to pick up mexicos tab and get shit running right in that resource rich country
If I was president I'd invade and send some Jewish businessmen down there to organize the economy
then the illegals can return home and get jobs

yeah, if they can turn a desert into las vegas they can do something with mexico.

 

[Spartacus]

yeah, if they can turn a desert into las vegas they can do something with mexico.

mexico is loaded with pretroleum
and other stuff too
it's the generations and generations of bad govt that's fucked it up
like the eastern block countries-it's taken a generation + to get them going
Ukraine-I've seen first hand what 80 years of communism has done to that country
and africa-many of those countries are loaded with resources-but greedy govt heads are fucking that place up

 

[Spartacus]

personally if I were the judge I wouldn't have given her jail time
plenty of community service and lecture to the youth in schools