A loss for Roger Clemens

FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES

Clemens continues to deny McNamee's version, forcefully, but he lost considerable ground on Wednesday with Pettitte's damning testimony. Consider the opinion of Katherine Darmer, a specialist in criminal procedure and professor of law at Chapman University:

"It is true that McNamee has lied in the past," Darmer said. "But the type of lies he told — ones where he tended to minimize his own conduct and cover up for his former friends and clients — are quite typical of how people often initially behave when caught in wrongdoing.

"Had he made demonstrably false allegations implicating innocent ballplayers, then his testimony should be viewed skeptically. However, all the hearing established today was that it took him awhile to be willing to come clean.

"Almost no large-scale wrongdoing comes to light through choirboys, and McNamee is no angel. But his allegations have been substantiated by others whose integrity is solid, including Pettitte."

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