Closing Arguments in Roger Clemens Trial Focus on Key Witnesses

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Jun 12, 2012

Closing Arguments in Roger Clemens Trial Focus on Key WitnessesWASHINGTON — Roger Clemens' lawyers tore into the prosecutors' case against the former pitching great during closing arguments Tuesday, attacking the government for bringing the matter to court in the first place and mounting one last assault against Clemens' chief accuser.

Both sides received two hours to sum up their arguments before a jury of eight women and four men that will decide whether Clemens lied to Congress in 2008 about performance-enhancing drugs and several related matters.

Clemens is charged with perjury, making false statements and obstructing Congress. The heart of the charges center on his repeated denials that he used steroids or human growth hormone. Jurors were expected to begin deliberations later Tuesday, following 26 days of testimony over more than eight weeks.

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