Celebrity Justice
Juiced Jones Gets Six Months

A judge has just sentenced disgraced Olympic champion Marion Jones to six months in prison. Gimme that medal!

Jones, who recently returned her three gold and two bronze medals, had begged a judge to keep her out of the slammer. The 31-year-old former runner and long jumper was one of the most celebrated female athletes in the world -- until it was revealed she routinely used performance-enhancing drugs.

She recently admitted to lying to a federal investigator in 2003, and confessed that she took steroids "several times before the Sydney Olympics and continued using it after." What a role model.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Talk Sports

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1. Don't Admit Anything! It gets you nowhere but jail!

Posted at 12:27PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Mikey

2. Young athletes should really pay attention to this. Don't do steroids. It's straight up cheating and terrible for you. Aside from that, whatever you do DON'T LIE TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR!

Posted at 12:31PM on Jan 11th 2008 by MH

3. Do Steroids If You Must But Just Don't Admit Doing It!

Steroids are bad for your body long term.

Posted at 12:34PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Mikey

4. I think she paid a big enough price with her medals being taken away and the public humiliation. She should have been found guilty but had sentancing waived. Maybe Baby Bush will give her a pardon for the same crime as his buddy Scooter.

Posted at 12:39PM on Jan 11th 2008 by ImpeachBush&Cheney-RestoreAmerica'sIntegrity

5. She should've gotten more, disgraced is a nice word...LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!

Ha ha ha, Marion.

This is the American Way...see you in 6-months.

Posted at 12:39PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Josh

6. I feel bad for her and I think they were way to hard on her. This happened so long ago, and I don't even know why she said anything, I'm sure someone made her or something. I think there are so many real criminals out there and yes everyone deserves to be punished, but lets be real she has been punished enough. They know damn well she should not have served any jail time, whether it is 6 months or 6 days.

Posted at 12:40PM on Jan 11th 2008 by 1980ohmy

7. That is so wrong! 6 MONTHS?!!!!!!!! She should have took that secret to the grave!

Posted at 12:40PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Nicole

8. whats the point it aint even that serious, people do more serious things than that and they aren't in prison this is just so petty.

Posted at 12:41PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Jane Doe

9. was using roids had any effect on her monthly cycle? is there a doctor in the house?

Posted at 12:42PM on Jan 11th 2008 by RoughDaddy

10. Darn you, Marion Jones!

Posted at 12:44PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Hideous

11. MARION JONES YOU ARE FORGIVEN.

MARION JONES IS ONLY ATHLETE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ADMIT THE TRUTH.

UNLIKE THOSE WEASELS, BONDS, CLEMENS, ARMSTRONG, MCGWIRE, MARION DID THE HONORABLE THING.

WHEN MARION GETS OUT SHE HAS A CHANCE TO GET HER CAREER BACK.

Posted at 12:45PM on Jan 11th 2008 by anonymous

12. LYING TO FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ISN'T SERIOUS?
IT WAS SO LONG AGO?

You people are crazy.
She got what she deserved.
Cheater, liar, fraud, embarassment to the US Olympic Team.
Pathetic human beings belong in prison, she'll fit right in there.

Posted at 12:46PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Josh

13. UGH, DON'T CRY NOW. IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR THAT. DO THE TIME, YOU DID THE CRIME. NOW SHE CAN TEACH HER KIDS NOT TO DO STEROIDS NOT UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE LIKE MOMMY A JAIL BIRD.

Posted at 12:47PM on Jan 11th 2008 by Wanda

14. It's a bunch of BS...she comes clean..and has her name forever shamed and removed from the record books and now gets 6 months jail away from her two kids as a reward while all the baseball players who have been doing it and lying about it for years get a pass? what she did was wrong but she shouldn't be treated any differently than all those "heroes" who went to Congress and denied up and down that they NEVER used steroids. Nice justice. She didn't have to come forward and she did...now you have to wonder if she shouldn't have. Will keep her and her sons in my prayers.

Posted at 12:49PM on Jan 11th 2008 by RunMarionRun

15. You can't lie to a grand jury. It's that simple.

But wait, If this is happening in California, land of the great legal system, where she'll get sentenced to whatever number of days in jail then she will do 17 minutes and out she goes.

I knew back then she wasn't clean. No one is. You can't get those kind of times without using something. There are so many athletes that aren't clean, it would make your head spin.

Posted at 12:51PM on Jan 11th 2008 by RWB

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