In a memorandum filed December 31 with the U. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Jones' attorneys had argued that jail time was unnecessary because "any deterrent message to the public has already been sent.
But in court Friday, Karas said, "There are times when a sentence can have a deterrent factor. In a presentencing hearing, Jones' lawyers -- citing her history of being a law-abiding citizen -- had argued that the track star, who was stripped of her Olympic medals after pleading guilty to charges of lying to a federal agent about her use of steroids and engaging in check fraud, should be given probation only.
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Montgomery and several others have been convicted in that scam. They include Jones' former coach, Olympic champion Steve Riddick, who was to be sentenced later Friday. After her guilty pleas last October, Jones made an apologetic and teary-eyed statement outside court, saying, "It's with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust.
I have let my country down, and I have let myself down. I want to ask for your forgiveness for my actions, and I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. Jones returned her Olympic medals - golds in the meters, meters and 1,meter relay and bronzes in the long jump and meter relay - even before the International Olympic Committee ordered her to do so and wiped her results from the books. Jones was among the many athletes who testified in before a grand jury investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.
On the day she pleaded guilty, prosecutors said a search warrant at BALCO uncovered ledgers, purchases, doping calendars, and various blood-test results connected to Jones and former coach Trevor Graham. She took EPO, human growth hormone and THG using drops and injections, according to the court documents that show use in and Skip to content.
Watch Live. Jones' medals were forever tarnished on Oct. This was a lie," Jones wrote in a letter sent to friends and family before that appearance. But her interview with investigators was not the first time the year-old track and field star had lied about the drug designed to help increase performance and that may have helped determine how fast she ran, how high she jumped and how she was able time and again to outdistance formidable competitors -- perhaps cheating them of their just laurels.
I have never taken them and I never will take them. Despite the judge's statement that Jones had been "quite adamant in her denials," the fallen star's attorneys sought to paint her as repentant, humbled, chastened, a woman who had been "pilloried," "savaged," "stoned," and dragged through the "public square. Wearing a white blouse, dark skirt and with her hair pulled tightly back, Jones was mostly stoic during the sentencing.
But as her attorneys defended her, Jones' jaw trembled, and she wiped back tears. Even the prosecutors told the judge that Jones "did come clean" and defended their recommendation for a sentence of zero to six months of jail time. But Karas was unconvinced and reminded the court that Jones' past denials of steroid use helped perpetuate a "worldwide lie.
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