Showing posts with label Marion Jones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marion Jones. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2008

Marion Jones Asks President Bush for Pardon

Disgraced U.S. sprinter Marion Jones has asked President George W. Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to prosecutors about her steroid use, a Justice Department spokesman said on Monday.

You can read the story
here.

I remember following Jones' career in track. She was wonderful (at least I thought). When the allegations came out about her drug usage and her connection to BALCO, my opinion of her went south.

President Bush: DO NOT PARDON HER!


She needs to serve her time and pay her FULL debt to society. She (among others) is one of the reasons sports are losing their glitter.

"I'm for a drug-free sport and always will be." - Marion Jones