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Marion Jones already punished, why send her to prison?

By Gritsforbreakfast

News that disgraced world-class sprinter and 32-year old mother Marion Jones will be serving her six month prison stint in Bryan, TX, gives me a Texas news hook to mention that I'm as disgusted with the feds' pursuit of this star athlete as with the perjury prosecution of Barry Bonds and coercing the informant against Roger Clemens with threats of federal prison time. (You can read Jones' own account of events here.)I tend to agree with Alan Gold, writing in The Australian, that prison for Jones consitutes the least of her real punishment, and serves no public safety purpose:The six months, though, is only a small part of her sentence. Quite as punishing has been her exposure before the world's media, an admission to her family and her fans that she's a liar and a cheat; being stripped of her medals; and the expurgation of her name from the record books...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 13, 2008 (boomark / email).