Marion Jones released from prison

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Marion Jones released from prison
BY NATHANIEL VINTON
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Updated Friday, September 5th 2008, 6:04 PM

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Sprinter Marion Jones was released from a federal detention facility Friday after completing a six-month sentence for lying to federal agents investigating the BALCO doping conspiracy.

Jones was released at 8 a.m., according to LaTanya Robinson, an officer at the San Antonio community corrections office, which oversees halfway houses such as the one Jones was in.

Jones, 32, must now complete 800 hours of community service and will be on probation for two years.

She was one of the most dominant Olympic sprinters in history at the time the BALCO ring was uncovered in the fall of 2004.

Even as evidence of her drug use piled up over the years, she repeatedly and angrily denied doping, right up until she abruptly confessed in the fall of 2007, pleading guilty and making a tearful apology outside a courthouse.

Jones also admitted to lying about a check-fraud scheme involving her fellow sprinter Tim Montgomery, the father of her older son Monty.

Montgomery received a 46-month sentence earlier this year.

In early May, Jones reported to a correctional facility in Fort Worth, Tex., and was assigned the inmate number 8486-8/054. Since Aug. 19, she has been at a halfway house in San Antonio.

In a letter to friends and family sent just before her guilty plea, Jones said her former coach Trevor Graham had given her what she thought was flaxseed oil but later determined was "the clear," a designer steroid also known as THG that was distributed by the BALCO laboratory in Burlingame, Calif.

Friday, BALCO founder Victor Conte - who has already done time and is seeking to publish his tell-all book - said Jones deserves a chance.

"Marion Jones deserves an opportunity to redeem herself for the mistakes she has made in the past," Conte said. "I've made similar mistakes, so I know firsthand how difficult it has been for Marion and her family. Hopefully, she can find a way to help young athletes of the future to make better decisions than she made."

Graham, for his part, was convicted by a jury in a U.S. District Court on May 30 of lying to federal investigators who traveled to his home in North Carolina to ask him about steroids. Graham's sentencing is set for Oct. 15.

A public outcry erupted in July over Jones' application for a commutation of her prison sentence. Her attorney had filed the request on March 12 - just five days after she reported to jail.

The news of her application for commutation led the top official of USA Track and Field to issue an open letter to George W. Bush discouraging the president from showing Jones mercy.

"To reduce Ms. Jones' sentence or pardon her would send a horrible message to young people who idolized her, reinforcing the notion that you can cheat and be entitled to get away with it," wrote Doug Logan.

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TweetWHAT WILL SHE DO NOW?

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WHAT WILL SHE DO NOW?

good question...write a book?

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Tweetshe should shoot victor conte...

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TweetHave always felt bad for Marion Jones. So many others did the same exact thing and still have their gold medals and their dignity. I dont know all the details of her case, but that poor girl went thru hell. I hope she can somehow find some redemption and be happy again. She has more than paid for her mistakes.

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Tweetshe's seems like a great person, sad...everyones doing it but she was a marytr for a nothing cause. I hope at least karma finds her and returns to her what is lost

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TweetThat whole thing was terrible. They even have her believing that steroids are the devil, and make her spread their propaganda.

They made an example of her, and ruined her life. Robbed her of her dignity, and have her feeling just absolute shame for 'the horrible acts she partook in.'

I just hope she's above that mess, and educates her family and loved ones, so she can stand proud. She should have her family come along with her to a hormone specialists...in which if she's had a hysterectomy or tubes tied, she would need hormone replacement. And then comes the light of knowledge...health...physically as well as mentally.

Glad she's free. What a criminal..pshhht...while the sick fuks walk free that prey on children, the law is occupied with making examples, and getting the front page.

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TweetYou know, her husband was the guy that got caught on nandrolone in one Olympics and then they got divorced. She had a kid with Montgomery who also tested positive and they seperated. I figured she used to be with tow different guys that used it was just logical.

What sucks is how our athletes are suffering in the Olympics now while all the other countries can shoot up all they want. We have gotten out of control with this stuff.

But, the most ironic thing is this.....China, the country that put a lock down on the export of aas and GH, get more golds by a long shot. Hmm....you don't have to be a rocket scientist to put that one together. China keeps all the stuff for themselves and runs away with the most Gold medals. Coincidence? I think not!

That country is so untrustworthy from the way they poison their own people that live near some of these plants, to the way they put lead based paint on our kids toys, to the way they made the stuff inside aqua dots turn into GHB when consumed by out kids, to the way they use under age girls in the Olympics, to the way the use child labor, to the way they just happen to lock down aas and GH and then do so great at the Olympics. Yeah, China is a bunch of fuktards if you ask me. I'm sure there are some great people over there, but the government is messed up.

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You know, her husband was the guy that got caught on nandrolone in one Olympics and then they got divorced. She had a kid with Montgomery who also tested positive and they seperated. I figured she used to be with tow different guys that used it was just logical.

What sucks is how our athletes are suffering in the Olympics now while all the other countries can shoot up all they want. We have gotten out of control with this stuff.

But, the most ironic thing is this.....China, the country that put a lock down on the export of aas and GH, get more golds by a long shot. Hmm....you don't have to be a rocket scientist to put that one together. China keeps all the stuff for themselves and runs away with the most Gold medals. Coincidence? I think not!

That country is so untrustworthy from the way they poison their own people that live near some of these plants, to the way they put lead based paint on our kids toys, to the way they made the stuff inside aqua dots turn into GHB when consumed by out kids, to the way they use under age girls in the Olympics, to the way the use child labor, to the way they just happen to lock down aas and GH and then do so great at the Olympics. Yeah, China is a bunch of fuktards if you ask me. I'm sure there are some great people over there, but the government is messed up.

DAM!!!! her attorny fuked up!!! i woulda went with the, "it must have been accidently injected into me during sex" defence!! she woulda walked!

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DAM!!!! her attorny fuked up!!! i woulda went with the, "it must have been accidently injected into me during sex" defence!! she woulda walked!

LMFAO!!

"Umm....well....you see your honor....umm...I like to swallow. So, that must have been how in got in my system."

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LMFAO!!

"Umm....well....you see your honor....umm...I like to swallow. So, that must have been how in got in my system."

see how easy that was??!! i'm telling you bro...i missed my calling. i shoulda been a attorny

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You know, her husband was the guy that got caught on nandrolone in one Olympics and then they got divorced. She had a kid with Montgomery who also tested positive and they seperated. I figured she used to be with tow different guys that used it was just logical.

What sucks is how our athletes are suffering in the Olympics now while all the other countries can shoot up all they want. We have gotten out of control with this stuff.

But, the most ironic thing is this.....China, the country that put a lock down on the export of aas and GH, get more golds by a long shot. Hmm....you don't have to be a rocket scientist to put that one together. China keeps all the stuff for themselves and runs away with the most Gold medals. Coincidence? I think not!

That country is so untrustworthy from the way they poison their own people that live near some of these plants, to the way they put lead based paint on our kids toys, to the way they made the stuff inside aqua dots turn into GHB when consumed by out kids, to the way they use under age girls in the Olympics, to the way the use child labor, to the way they just happen to lock down aas and GH and then do so great at the Olympics. Yeah, China is a bunch of fuktards if you ask me. I'm sure there are some great people over there, but the government is messed up.

yeah, what's up with the aquadots?! Isn't that some shyt!