Photos of Roger Clemens presented by his defense attorney manifest that he hasn’t taken steroids

Every baseball fan knows that Roger Clemens is accused in obstruction of justice. It is believed that he has lied before Congress about administration of steroids and HGH.
The attorney Rusty Hardin claimed that there was no any difference in physical appearance of Roger Clemens before, during and after his trainings with the trainer Brian McNamee. The attorney affirmed that this aspect proved that Roger Clemens hadn’t applied steroids and other related medications.
Changing in muscle size is usually used by prosecutors as proof that a person takes steroids or/and other related medications. But this tendency was not utilized during the case against Roger Clemens. No one could confirm that muscles of Roger Clemens manifested that he had taken steroids and HGH. It is one of differences between the cases against Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds.
As for the governmental case against Barry Bonds, prosecutors called many individuals in the trial that were able to testify that anabolic steroids caused essential changes in physical appearance of this athlete. They claimed that administration of steroids led to enhancement of muscle mass, enhanced size of the head and shrunken testicles in Barry Bonds.
So, Rusty Hardin showed four photos of Roger Clemens. The photos displayed physical appearance of Roger Clemens, including the time when Clemens was working with the trainer Brian McNamee. The attorney noticed that the pictures displayed that there were no changes in physical appearance that could support that he administered steroids and HGH.
The attorney Rusty Hardin claimed that the pictures manifested only the process of ageing. The masseur Cheryl Redfern noticed that she didn’t observe any changes in physique of Roger Clemens. Roger Clemens experienced neither back acne, nor abnormal development of breast tissue, nor dramatically enhanced muscle size.
Phil Garner, a former baseball player, also affirmed that there were not any obvious changes in physical appearance and performance of Roger Clemens during working with the coach Brian McNamee.
The Assistant US Attorney Steve Durham tried to discredit the affirmation about lack of changes in Roger Clemens’ physical appearance during the cross-examination of Phil Garner. He claimed that while several steroids increased muscle mass, others didn’t induce enhancing muscles. Thus, he confirmed that the pictures could say nothing about steroid use.
Federal prosecutors want to take advantages in both cases: in the case against Roger Clemens and in that against Barry Bonds. While they affirm that changes in physical appearance of Barry Bonds display that he has used steroids, lack of changes in physical appearance of Roger Clemens doesn’t prove that he hasn’t applied steroids.