Clemens accuses prosecutors of provoking mistrial
WASHINGTON
Two weeks ago Clemens' trial abruptly ended in a mistrial on the
second day of testimony. Clemens argues a new trial would violate
his constitutional right against the double jeopardy of facing the
same charge twice. His lawyers say the prosecutors' revelation that
a teammate told his wife that Clemens confessed to using a drug
"was no accident." They say the prosecutors chose to ignore Judge
Reggie Walton's order against using her testimony to provoke a
mistrial because their case was going badly.
Clemens is accused of lying when he testified to a House
committee that he never used performance-enhancing drugs.
