Keep Marion Jones in Prison

Why do some people feel sorryand feel the need for pardons for those dishonorable individuals that commit crimes. If all it akes is to say "I'm sorry", we'd have a world of smartass cynical no-goods that take absolutely no resposibility for their actions. Since when does I'm sorry" make up for the deceitfull actions, lying, fraud, complete inconsderation for her fellow atheltes and the honor of Olympic Sports. Keep her in Jail -and get a room next to her for Barry Bonds..and all the others who think they got aeway with cheating.

Sure, why not kick her a little more while she is down. She's been disgraced and punished for her indiscressions. She has paid a major price for her will to win. She was a role model when she was on top and now she is a lesson to be learned by all that are willing to do anything to win. Don't look at the baseball players, it hasn't cost them what it has cost her. They aren't in jail and are probably only a couple million dollars poorer...poor babies. She wasn't a "pro", she didn't make millions everytime she stepped on the track. She has lost everything by this. If President Bush wants to let her out a little early, let him..That poor woman has paid her dues IN FULL WITH INTEREST as compared to the steriod boys of baseball.

No way she should get out. What about the silver and bronze medalists she shared the podium with? Is she going to pay them for missed endorsement deals. She got the limelight and she can't give that back but she can serve her time.

If the President commuted Scooter Libby's sentence, which was imposed after millions were spent on a jury trial, why should he not commute Jone's sentence which was imposed after she had pleaded guilty and spared the taxpayers the cost of further investigation and jury trial?
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I think most of you are forgetting she is also in jail due to the check kiting scheme her and her ex Tim Montgomery were convicted of. I believe bulk of her jail time is due to that and lying to federal prosecutors about BALCO.

Marion Jones should stay in jail because she committed perjury. End of story. Don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time. However, I'm surprised she hasn't been released, as there are two forms of justice in America, one for the have's and one for the have not's.

If Congress and the president want to do something really meaningful they ought to pass whatever legislation is necessary to remove the words "With Liberty and Justice for All" from the Pledge of Allegiance.

What a crock. If they are not willing to abolish the words, then at the very least, they should change them to read "With Liberty and Justice for All the Rich and Powerful".

And let Pete into the Hall of Fame while you're at it Mr. President. But make sure you keep Micheal Vick locked up. And go get Pacman too.

There are dozens, if not hundreds of men (black, white, mixed race) who have committed the same crime. Why is Marion the only one to be locked up? This is pure and simple discrimination. Our jails are overflowing with real criminals. She is not a criminal. She just got caught up in a scam perpetuated by the coaches that want to win at any cost. Let her go!!

I feel incredible sorrow and empathy for Ms. Jones and, indeed, for all of the athletes out there who feel that the will never be good enough without the doping that unfairly puts them ahead of the rest. But, really, the fault lies not entirely with them. As American consumers we regularly exercise our cold and calculating ferocicty on all celebrities be they athletes, pop stars, movie stars or presidents. We view them, analyze and disect them, chew them up and spit them out and the only way to please us is to be head and shoulders above the rest of the pack. These people have to win or dance or sing or rule in a manner so over-the-top just to get and keep our attention for their 15 minutes that the reality of doping is hardly a surprising necessity. Now, for Ms. Jones, add that to the pressure put on a black athlete to perform, and a woman at that. Not only is America counting on her but her ethnic community and her gender community are all requiring more than her best in order to be accepted. I don't condone what she or any of the other athletes have done. I agree that jail is the best place from which to send her message: this behavior is not acceptable and won't be tolerated. It's also the place from which she can remain safe from the rest of us; from the pit-bull pundits who would tear her limb from limb for letting all of us down. And in the immortal words of John Candy in "Cool Runnings": "The thing to remember about a gold medal is this: if you're not enough without it you'll never be enough with it". In jail or out I suspect that we will never allow Marion Jones, or indeed any of these people that we idolize momentarily, to be enough.

I think it is a good thing that he did not pardon her.I mean he has to use the pardons for his buddies like Scooter & Karl. They only lied to the American people causing thousands of deaths .Lord know we want to keep those dangerous steroid users off the streets.

LOL... "equal under the law" and the G. Bush should not be in the same paragraph.

Oh please. She hasn't killed anyone. She came clean. Where's the common sense in all this?

If he can commute Scooter Libby for an action that has led us into a disastrous war under false pretenses, commuting Marion Jones should be a no-brainer. At least she took responsibility for her actions.