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New USATF CEO Takes a Stand Against Marion Jones’ Commutation Request
Posted July 23rd, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Stephanie Lowe
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, SoundOFF, Columns, Drugs In Sports
Doug Logan, the new chief executive officer of USA Track & Field, wrote an open letter to President Bush Tuesday in regard to Marion Jones’ plea for commutation of her prison sentence. Jones currently serves a six-month sentence that began in March for lying to federal agents about her performance enhancing drug use (tetrahydrogestrinone, also known as THG or “the clear”) and a check-fraud scheme.
In his letter, Logan asks Bush to deny Jones’ appeal for a pardon.
“As the new CEO of USA Track & Field, I have a moral and practical duty to make the case against her request. With her cheating and lying, Marion Jones did everything she could to violate the principles of track and field and Olympic competition,” Logan wrote. Read the rest of this entry »
In Letter to President Bush, USATF Opposes Jones’ Request for Pardon, Commutation
Posted July 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics, Drugs In Sports
Douglas Logan, the newly appointed CEO of USA Track & Field (USATF), has written President Bush to express his concern at Marion Jones’ application for pardon or commutation of her conviction for making false statements to federal investigators. Below is the full text of Logan’s letter to President Bush on behalf of USATF.
Editor’s Note: Although often challenging, I believe that a person who has wronged should be forgiven if they serve their time, demonstrate remorse, and dedicate themselves to mitigating the damage caused by their actions. However, and despite the compassion I feel for Marion Jones and her family, I join Mr. Larson in his opposition to her request for a presidential pardon or commutation. To completely ignore the egregious frauds committed by Jones through criminal exoneration would be a tremendous injustice, send a terrible message to young athletes, and be yet another slap in the face to those who she cheated - especially her former teammates, competitors, and supporters in the running community.
Whether or not you agree with me, I encourage you to make your own voice heard. For more information about writing President Bush, please click here.
Dear President Bush,
They say you can’t always believe what you read in the papers. So, when I read that Marion Jones has applied to you for a pardon or commutation of her federal conviction for making false statements to investigators, I couldn’t believe it. She lied to federal agents. She took steroids. She made false statements in a bank fraud investigation - not necessarily in that order. She admitted it. And now she apparently wants to be let off.
As the new CEO of USA Track & Field, I have a moral and practical duty to make the case against her request.
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