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Judge Reggie Walton declared a mistrial in the Roger Clemens case Thursday morning, telling government prosecutors that he didn't see how he could "unring the bell" following a video clip presented to the jury by the prosecution in which Rep. Elijah Cummings (D. Md.) brought up testimony by Andy Pettitte's wife, Laura, in a 2008 Congressional hearing.
"Sadly I have reached as conclusion that to permit this case to go forward, with the government doing what they did, to go back and look at its evidence and make sure the evidence it would present to this jury did not violate a clear ruling that this court had made...I will declare a mistrial," Walton said.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/ite...r-clemens-case
This trial is over, although they said he would be trailed again.
I just heard on the radio that the mistake by the prosecutors was described as a "first-year law school mistake"