WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- The judge in the Washington perjury trial of former major league pitcher Roger Clemens Thursday declared a mistrial on just the second day of testimony.
In halting the trial, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said he was troubled that prosecutors played a video referencing testimony by the wife of a witness before a congressional committee that he had previously ruled inadmissible. Walton said the portion of the video shown to the jury was prejudicial and he granted a motion by Clemens' lawyers for a mistrial.