Every baseball fan knows that Roger Clemens is charged with obstruction of justice. It is believed that he has lied before Congress about usage of steroids and HGH.
The attorney Rusty Hardin noticed that Roger Clemens’ physical appearance didn’t change greatly before, during and after his working with the coach Brian McNamee. The attorney confirmed that this factor was a proof that Roger Clemens hadn’t taken steroids and other related preparations.
Changing in muscle mass is usually used by federal prosecutors as proof that an athlete administers steroids or/and other related products. But this tendency was not used during the governmental case against Roger Clemens. Nobody could claim that Roger Clemens’ muscles demonstrated that he had used steroids and HGH. It is a difference between the cases against Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds.
When it comes to the governmental case against Barry Bonds, federal prosecutors called many individuals in the trial that could testify that anabolic steroids caused evidential changes in physical appearance of this person. They claimed that usage of steroids led to enhancement of muscle size, increased size of the head and testicular atrophy in Barry Bonds.
Thus, Rusty Hardin presented four photos of Roger Clemens. The photos displayed physical appearance of Roger Clemens, including the period of time when Clemens was working with Brian McNamee. Hardin pointed out that the pictures manifested that there were no changes in physical appearance that could support that he administered steroids and HGH.
Rusty Hardin noticed that the pictures manifested only the process of ageing. The masseur Cheryl Redfern noticed that she didn’t observe any changes in physical appearance of Roger Clemens. Roger Clemens experienced neither back acne, nor gynecomastia, nor essentially enhanced muscle mass.
The former Major League Baseball player Phil Garner also claimed that there were not any significant changes in physical appearance and performance of Roger Clemens during working with the coach Brian McNamee.
Steve Durham, the Assistant US Attorney tried to discredit the argument about lack of physical changes in Roger Clemens during the cross-examination of the former baseball player Phil Garner. He confirmed that while several steroids enhanced muscle mass, others didn’t promote gaining muscles. So, he claimed that the photos could display nothing about steroid use.
Federal prosecutors want to take advantages in both cases: in the case against Roger Clemens and in that against Barry Bonds. While they claim that physical changes in Barry Bonds manifest that he has used steroids, lack of physical changes in Roger Clemens doesn’t prove that he hasn’t taken steroids.
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