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Roger Clemens Verdict Is Not About Innocence, It’s About Jury Nullification

Rocket launched another unbelievable shutout Monday, leaving federal prosecutors holding their bats in disbelief at the end of a costly, drawn-out perjury trial.

A day after the verdict, the consensus is that Clemens' acquittal doesn't mean he's innocent, but rather that the jury was unconvinced of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

That is certainly one possibility.

The other is that the jury went O.J. on prosecutors and ignored the evidence at hand. 

This is a case, if not an air-tight case, where jury nullification may have played a role for some jurors.

When Clemens walked out of a a federal courthouse acquitted on all six charges that he lied to Congress about his alleged use of performance enhancing ...

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