The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) isn't the government, and nobody's pursuing criminal charges. (There was a criminal investigation into his case, but it ended in February. The AP story has background: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYC_ARMSTRONG_DOPING?...)
The proposed punishment is stripping Armstrong of his cycling titles and barring him from participating from the sport in the future.
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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) isn't the government, and nobody's pursuing criminal charges. (There was a criminal investigation into his case, but it ended in February. The AP story has background: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CYC_ARMSTRONG_DOPING?...)
The proposed punishment is stripping Armstrong of his cycling titles and barring him from participating from the sport in the future.