The Washington Post reports that Miguel Tejada will plead guilty to lying to congressional investigators. The recommended sentence is probation to six months behind bars, with a maximum sentence of one year. An attorney I work with from time to time has frequently said, “people usually don’t go to jail for what they did; they go to jail for what they say about what they did.”
Miguel Tejada To Plead Guilty
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And the dominoes start to fall.
How soon before McGwire cracks? At least he doesn’t have the legal problems of Clemens or Bonds.
Note to professional athletes:
Don’t freakin’ lie to Congress or a Grand Jury.
Ever.
Note to professional athletes: stop lying and cheating in general!
“A White House document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force in 2001 — something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842.html
Why are they immune from the law though though?
They have better lawyers? Just a guess, but a really good point. I don’t think anyone should be above the law, but it seems like the baseball players are getting a lot of attention when there’s a lot bigger crimes that have been committed.