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Originally Posted by The Low  Seems the trend continues. Marion Jones just got 6 months in the clink. While baseball's offenders were simply allowed to "open the discussion" with no punishments handed out.
Oh, and Tiger Woods should be lynched (but, it's no big deal). |
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But her plea deals were triggered not by her lying about drug use but by her involvement in the bank-fraud scheme. Prosecutors for the United States attorneys office in the Southern District of New York have said they had ample evidence, including her signature on the $25,000 check and the testimony of other defendants in the case, many of whom have already pleaded guilty.
The strength of the government’s evidence in that case was used to persuade Jones to plead guilty to the false statements to federal prosecutors in the Northern District of California, which has been leading the investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative for the past five years.
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It appears to me that her attorney worked a good deal for her by getting Jones to plead guilty to the high profile crime of illegal steroid use. By doing this she was able to get a considerable reduction in time for her involvement in a bank-fraud scheme, which is federal crime.
Marion Jones Sentenced to Six Months in Prison - New York Times