Olympic runner Marion Jones has admitted that she
After years of angry denials, Marion Jones is ready to admit she doped.
The three-time Olympic gold medalist is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in White Plains, N.Y., on Friday to plead guilty to charges in connection with steroid use, a federal law enforcement source told The Associated Press.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, and would not provide specific details about the plea.
Jones also sent family and close friends a letter in which she said she used steroids before the Sydney Games, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The Post was the first to report that Jones would come clean on doping.
"I want to apologize for all of this," the Post reported Jones saying in her letter, quoting a person who received a copy and read it to the paper. "I am sorry for disappointing you all in so many ways."
Jones said in her letter that she faced up to six months in jail and would be sentenced in three months, according to the newspaper
Besides really not giving any more of a damn about this story than the Barry Bonds story, I also agree that both Jones and Bonds should not be allowed to have their records count in history if private sports organizations want to enforce their rules.
BUT, I also think that trying them in court and putting them in jail for their drug use is also way beyond the government envisioned by Franklin, Adams, Washington, and Jefferson.
Dammit.
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