Karas had asked if he could sentence Jones separately for her two guilty pleas and force her to serve the two prison terms one after the other.
Both sides responded that even if the two crimes were considered separately for sentencing purposes, a range of zero-to-six months would apply under federal sentencing guidelines.
If I were the judge, I would favor leniency on these conditions:
-- That Jones tell the entire truth about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.
-- That a percentage of any future income is garnished until she can return some of the $700,000 the international track federation contends was ill-gotten gain.
-- That she do a substantial amount of community service.
But no more trying the Barry Bonds defense, that she didn't know until 2003 that the substances coach Trevor Graham gave her were banned performance-enhancers.
And no more insisting she used banned substances only in part of 2000 and 2001, which seems highly unlikely because her performances beginning in 1998 were unbelievable, in every sense of the word.
$750k she earned in either just '00 - '01 or for an additional 2y if she'd admitted doping in '01, so that's either 2y or 4y, depending on what time-frame iaaf are referring to
She made bad decisions, and we become the decisions we make,” said Pat Connolly.
I really don't care how much time she gets. But I do think she's to calculating to waste all that cash: maybe she has a few $$ salted away in a Swiss bank?
She made bad decisions, and we become the decisions we make,” said Pat Connolly.
I really don't care how much time she gets. But I do think she's to calculating to waste all that cash: maybe she has a few $$ salted away in a Swiss bank?
I'd say the chances are nil.
If she has, then I'm sure she's committed perjury once again and would be risking her personal liberty for a long long time. She's broke, and she alone is responsible, and she alone will bear the burden.
I'm sure she just wants to get this whole thing behind her and salvage the next chapter of her life.
She made bad decisions, and we become the decisions we make,” said Pat Connolly.
I really don't care how much time she gets. But I do think she's to calculating to waste all that cash: maybe she has a few $$ salted away in a Swiss bank?
Not likely, for the exact reasons malmo states above. She wouldn:t consider it "wasting money", rather "keeping up with the lifestyle" to which she had grown accustomed. That lifestyle proved to include several personal pitfalls outside of the track.
I'm of the opinion that Marion must have had (or should have had) a "what have I done?" moment. She had the whole world in her hands, yet she surrounded herself with scumbags, hustlers, losers, and enablers etc... and threw it all away - all for nothing! I don't know what Obadele Thompson is like, and don't want to hear about if he's from the same mold as the others. Her collapse was painful to watch. Hopefully when it's all over she recovers to a normal and sane lifestyle in anonymity. It's not such a bad thing to get a job and pay the bills just like everyone else.
USATF statement on the sentencing of Marion Jones
Statement from USA Track & Field President Bill Roe and CEO Craig Masback on the sentencing of Marion Jones to six months in prison:
"Today's sentencing concludes a sad series of events. The revelation that one of the sport's biggest stars took performance-enhancing drugs and repeatedly lied about it, in addition to being a party to fraud, has no silver lining. But, it is a vivid morality play that graphically illustrates the wages of cheating in any facet of life, on or off the track. We hope that all Americans will take to heart those lessons. The sport of track and field in the United States has moved on since Marion Jones competed, reaching even higher levels of success, as a team, than when she was at her peak. No one wanted to see this happen, and we hope that Marion and her family can move on as well."
IAAF hopes Jones can help them help others avoid same mistakes:
"There is a lot of sadness for Marion and her family," IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said after Jones was sentenced for lying about her steroid use and her knowledge of a separate check fraud case.
"Six months in prison is a lot," Davies told Reuters by telephone from IAAF headquarters in Monte Carlo. "But you do hope that it will be a deterrent to others.
"Hopefully when she is out of prison she can help the IAAF and other organisations to ensure that other people don't follow the path that she certainly followed.
"It (her doping) has certainly hurt the image of the sport."
