Judge : ` ` I 'd appreciate it if y' all would let me walk home now , '' Clemens tells reporters . References to previous testimony by an ex - client 's attorney had been barred . `` I ca n't in good faith leave this case in a situation where a man 's liberty is at risk when the government should have taken steps to ensure that we were not in this situation , '' Walton said after Clemens ' lawyers asked for a mistrial . Music played for the jury included comments about that case . ` ` I do n't see how I can ring the bell , '' judge says .
Judge : ` ` I 'd appreciate it if y' all would let me walk home now , '' Clemens tells reporters . References to previous testimony by an ex - client 's attorney had been barred . Music played for the jury included comments about that case . ` ` I do n't see how I can ring the bell , '' judge says .