Former Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens has been acquitted by a jury of all six criminal charges against him in a trial that was deciding whether he lied to Congress about using performance enhancing drugs.
Clemens was charged with one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making a false statement and two counts of perjury.
From Calgaryherald.com:
The current trial has featured 46 witnesses over 26 days of testimony, including Brian McNamee, Clemens' former trainer, who said he injected Clemens with anabolic steroids and human growth hormone between 1998 and 2001.
McNamee worked with Clemens when the pitcher played for the Toronto Blue Jays and later the New York Yankees.
McNamee testified that he kept needles, cotton balls, a broken steroid ampoule and other medical waste from injections for Clemens. Prosecutors have said some of the items contained Clemens' DNA and traces of steroids.
Clemens is a seven-time winner of the Cy Young Award for best pitcher.
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