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Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

Posted Jan 11, 08 12:25 PM CST in Sports 

(Newser) – A federal judge threw the book at Marion Jones today, sentencing the disgraced Olympian to 6 months in prison for lying about steroid use and participating in a check-fraud scam. Jones begged the judge not to separate her from her family, and prosecutors said they were okay with a zero-month sentence. Instead, the judge gave her the maximum sentence recommended in her plea deal.

Jones asked the judge to be “as merciful as a human being can be,” but her hopes of going free were dim. The judge had asked the lawyers if he could impose a sentence longer than the 6-month maximum suggested in her plea deal, or sentence her for the bank scam and drug lies separately. Both sides advised against that.

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Three-time Olympic gold medalist Marion Jones cries as she addresses the media during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in White Plains, N.Y., after pleading guilty to lying to federal...   (Associated Press)
American athlete Marion Jones holds up her five Olympic medals for track and field events outside Sydney's Opera House in Australia, in this Oct. 1, 2000 file photo. The IOC formally stripped Marion...   (Associated Press)
Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones arrives for sentencing at federal court in Westchester County Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 in White Plains, N.Y. Jones, who apologized, retired and gave up her five Olympic medals...   (Associated Press)
Disgraced Olympian Marion Jones arrives for sentencing at federal court in Westchester County Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 in White Plains, N.Y. Jones, who apologized, retired and gave up her five Olympic medals...   (Associated Press)
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