Roger Clemens Gets Off Without Any Jail or Guilty Plea After Mistrial Declared

After about a year of gathering evidence on Roger Clemens to charge him with perjury, the prosecution in without a doubt one of the most high profile trials apparently made a huge blunder.

The government prosecutors in the Clemens trial supposedly used evidence in court that the judge explicitly told them they could not use. The piece of evidence was reportedly a tape of a conversation between Andy Pettitte and the wife of Roger Clemens. After Roger Clemens' defense attorneys identified the blunder they quickly motioned for a mistrial, which the judge granted.

ESPN's legal analyst Lester Munson said the judge was "furious" at the prosecution. Wow! Imagine waiting a year to gather evidence on one of the most famous sports celebrities in the country only to make one mistake and have to whole trial go to waste. One of those prosecutors is probably running and taking an early vacation.

Most people following the case seem to agree that it will be difficult to try and prosecute Roger Clemens again because that would be considered "double jeopardy." This protects individuals accused of a crime from being prosecuted twice for the same time.

Whoops!! Roger Clemens is probably popping champagne right now.