Marion Jones Is Sentenced to 6 Months »
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Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones, whose speed and smile made her an international superstar until steroid use led to her downfall, was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for lying to investigators about performance-enhancing drugs and a check-fraud scam.
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Harbeas
Jan. 11, 2008, 4:34 p.m.I hope other sports figures get the same sentence. Otherwise she will have been treated unfairly/
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wallyone
Jan. 11, 2008, 7:07 p.m.oh my god.. she is a lying cheater.. victor conti pointed a finger at her years ago and she threatened to sue him.. now who is laughing?.. she should have gotten 10 years in my opinion.. as well as losing her medals, boo hoo, the women who ran in the relays with her should lose their medals too.. then let them administer a good ol fashion a$$ whooping on her, perhaps then she will get the gravity of her lying cheating ways. forgiving her and showing mercy on her is the wrong thing to do.. i feel however for her children.. they will suffer way more that the liar will.
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Hobe
Jan. 11, 2008, 7:23 p.m.Is it Fair to Say, Lying and Cheating never hurt BJ Bill and hillary clinton, Milion Dollar Baseball and Football players, but, the Feds Got the Big Fish 'Olympian Marion Jones'???
Go Feds, What a disgrace...
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abntv
Jan. 11, 2008, 7:27 p.m.I hope this is just the beginning. There are more out there, Bonds comes to mind. Nail them all
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KYRed
Jan. 11, 2008, 9:55 p.m.I have never used performance enhancing drugs. So, hand me a stone, please.
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markoller
Jan. 11, 2008, 11:25 p.m.So what if Marion Jones lied to a federal investigator about using steroids. It was none of his business. It is less of a crime than smoking, which harms others.
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dheg
Jan. 12, 2008, 12:35 a.m.Of all the problems in the world, this steroid use thing ranks really low on the priority list as far as I am concerned. True, she broke the rules and I guess taking her medals was appropriate. But lying to a federal investigator? Why are the feds wasting time on this stuff? We have Sibel Edmonds disclosing facts about high level govt officials selling US nuclear secrets and no one investigates. Bush and all start an illegal war and no one investigates. People held in prison for over 6 years in Gitmo with no habeas corpus and no one investigates. Torture prisons around the world and no one investigates. I could go on but you get the picture. But if some athletes use performance enhancing drugs its this big deal that apparently gets the feds panties all in a tizzie. Give me a break. Even though Marion did use steroids, she had to do all of the hard work and training. She's got a lot more courage and ethics IMHO than many of our fine politicos. Prison time would be ridiculous.
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TOD396
Jan. 12, 2008, 10:55 a.m.One could only wonder if you would also say to your 17 year old son, "Go ahead and take steroids, it will give you an advantage over the kids who don't"
She won medals by using a banned substance. Her medals were forfeited. She then lied to a federal prosecutor. If you lie to the feds, they will come down hard on you to make that an example for the next guy.
She knew the rules and broke them. Then she compounded the issue by lying about it. 6 months is light for a habitual criminal.
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chevydog
Jan. 12, 2008, 1:44 a.m.All this drug enhancement stuff puzzles me. I assume that what she took (or how she got it) was illegal under either federal or state law and not just banned by her sport's governing body. Otherwise who cares?
I guess I wonder about what philosophy we use to define the limits. No drugs at all? Most of us have probably used Tylenol to get through a yucky day. As a couch spectator, I can live with the Olympics saying "You don't use X because it's against my rules." But the spirit of the present day is certainly counter to that kind of edict.
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DebraJMSmith
Jan. 12, 2008, 6:59 a.m.With radical Muslims infesting our country, Millions of Mexican illegal immigrants stealing from our medical and education systems daily (and selling illegal drugs to children), and with an election coming up that could change America forever, don't we have better things to do than to go after a mother who messed up?
She has children, for goodness sakes. It is not as if she killed anyone, or poses a threat to society. Gosh, she did not even steal those checks, nor was she going to cash them. Okay, she put something harmful into her body, go to any local bar, and you'll see a lot worse. And my word, do we REALLY put people in JAIL for cheating while playing games? Moms, Hide your children, fast!
Debra...
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nikkibabe
Jan. 12, 2008, 8:30 a.m.Only hope for your country is to make drug possession and use a CRIME and not a TREATMENT issue.
Look at Malayasia, Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia. They execute drug traffickers and users.
Or go the Netherlands way, make it legal.
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jaern
Jan. 12, 2008, 10:38 a.m.Jail time? Just strip her of her medals, reputation, endorsements and fine her. They wasted enough taxpayer dollars in investigation, prosecution and now we have to house her for 6 months??
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jumpmaster
Jan. 12, 2008, 10:52 a.m.Boo-hoo for her. She cheated the silver medalists out of their awards, recognition, glory, and place in history. What a dirt bag. Six months in prison cannot undo that.
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Howtogo
Jan. 12, 2008, 11:24 a.m.I have no sympathy for her or any of the drug using athletes.
I think the jail time for her is a result of the check writing scheme she was involved with not the drug use. My comments to Ms. Jones รข;; do the time, change your life, the way you see your self and stop the race excuse for your life.
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