Experts say Clemens likely to go on trial again

WASHINGTON (AP) — Baseball star Roger Clemens’ battle against perjury charges likely is far from over and probably will be the subject of a second trial, according to many legal experts.

Clemens would have to convince the judge that prosecutors intentionally provoked him into asking for a mistrial by showing jurors evidence that had been ruled inadmissible because the government suspected it was losing, the experts said.

But the experts point out that there’s no indication prosecutors would have wanted to start their case over so soon after it started because they only had spent a few hours presenting evidence to the jury.

Still, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton is considering the possibility that putting Clemens on trial again would subject him to double jeopardy.

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