Miguel Tejada's Wrist Slap

MIGUEL TEJADA BECAME THE FIRST high-profile ballplayer to be convicted for lying to Congress about performance-enhancing drugs. The penalty handed down by the judge was a $5,000 fine and 100 hours of community service, in other words just a small slap on the wrist. For the average citizen, that would be the equivalent of a $100 fine plus community service. So this is what Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Durham meant when he essentially said there will be accountability for lying to Congress. The average joe out there might not have received such leniency.