The perjury trial that involved ex-baseball star Roger Clemens ended in a mistrial on Thursday after jurors heard statements in a prosecution video that were previously ruled inadmissable until later in the case, CNN’s Larry Lazo reports.

This is what CNN said:

“U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said prosecutors should have modified a video that showed a congressman talking about a deposition from the wife of Clemens’ old teammate, former New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte, during a 2008 congressional hearing. Walton had decided earlier that prosecutors couldn’t include references to Laura Pettitte’s testimony unless it was brought up on rebuttal.”

The decision came on the second day  of testimony in the trial.  A hearing on September 2 will decide whether to retry the case.

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