LoyalFanInGA v2.0 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 [url="http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3191954"]ESPN story[/url] [quote]Marion Jones sentenced to six months in prison ESPN.com news services Updated: January 11, 2008, 12:41 PM ET Comment Email Print WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Marion Jones was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, despite her plea that she not be separated from her two young children "even for a short period of time." "I ask you to be as merciful as a human being can be," said Jones, who cried on her husband's shoulder after she was sentenced. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas gave her the maximum under her plea deal "because of the need for general deterrence and the need to promote respect for the law." Jones must report to prison no later than March 11, likely a facility near her Austin, Texas, home. She also was given two years of supervised probation and 400 hours of community service. As she beseeched the judge for a lighter sentence, the disgraced former Olympic champion talked at length about her children, including the infant son she's still nursing. "My passion in life has always been my family," Jones said. "I know the day is quickly approaching when my boys ask me about these current events. I intend to be honest and forthright ... and guide them into not making the same mistakes." The sentence completes a stunning fall for the woman who was once the most celebrated female athlete in the world. She won three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After long denying she ever had used performance-enhancing drugs, Jones admitted last October she lied to federal investigators in November 2003, acknowledging she took the designer steroid "the clear" from September 2000 to July 2001. "The clear'' has been linked to BALCO, the lab at the center of the steroids scandal in professional sports. She also admitted lying about her knowledge of the involvement of Tim Montgomery, the father of her older son Monty, in a scheme to cash millions of dollars worth of stolen or forged checks. Montgomery and several others have been convicted in that scam. They include Jones' former coach Olympic champion Steve Riddick, who was to be sentenced later Friday. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.[/quote] Vick/Jones 0 Feds 2 Are you paying attention, Barry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiliMVP Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 She looks like a man. She will become someones she-bitch quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoBengal Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 She may have cheated, but she still had to work her balls off to get to where she was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTBengalsFan Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 [quote name='LoyalFanInGA v2.0' post='621556' date='Jan 11 2008, 01:22 PM'][url="http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3191954"]ESPN story[/url] Vick/Jones 0 Feds 2 Are you paying attention, Barry?[/quote] Roger, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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