Is it fair to send Olympic track star Marion Jones to jail for steroid use?
Former Olympic track star Marion Jones won three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 summer games in Sydney, Australia, all of which had to be forfeited, along with time results, event records and prize monies. Her track and field abilities aided her in out running allegations of steroid use until the truth finally caught up to her in October 2007 when she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs while competing and was convicted of perjury. She deceived the American people. Doped a nation. And in the annals of athletic masquerades her academy award worthy performance was right up there with the best of them. The young men and women who represent America in the Olympics games are supposed to be the best athletes this great nation has to offer and she proved one of the worse. The road to the Olympic games are filled with many miracle triumphs of young athletes who had to overcome tremendous odds and personal challenges to achieve that opportunity. The chance for them to pit thei