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Chantal Watts McCorkle (born 1968 in Slough, England) is a British citizen. Along with William J. McCorkle (formerly Gonzalez), her American husband, she was tried and convicted in 1998 in Florida for her part in a financial fraud. The McCorkles sold kits purporting to show buyers how to get rich by buying property in foreclosures and government auctions. They advertised on infomercials; among the grounds for their conviction was their representation in the infomercials that they owned luxury automobiles and aeroplanes (actually rented for the commercials), and their use of purported testimonials from satisfied customers, who were actually paid actors.〔() Allie Johnson, "Chantal's Angels", The Pitch (Kansas City), 9 November 2000.〕 She and her husband, both represented by F. Lee Bailey, were each originally sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison under mandatory sentencing laws. After two appeals, the McCorkles' sentences were reduced in 2006 to 18 years.〔( "Judge cuts couple's jail term" ), Orlando Sentinel, 25 March 2006.〕 ==Prison sentence controversy== McCorkle's incarceration in the US Federal Prison system began on 5 November 1998. She was assigned the following inmate identification number: 23033-018.〔"(Chantal McCorkle )." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on 24 May 2010.〕 The severity of McCorkle's sentence drew notice in the United Kingdom, both in national media such as the BBC〔("New hope for jailed British woman" ). BBC News (19 April 2005). Retrieved on 13 September 2013.〕 and amongst British Politicians. On 22 February 2005, Early Day Motion number 733 in the British Houses of Parliament〔(Early Day Motions )〕 debated the following topic:-
A total of 127 British MPs officially endorsed the early day motion and their American counterparts were made aware, though previous letters had already been sent by other politicians such as Lord Longford. Although subsequent representations have been made to the American judicial system e.g. by Fiona Mactaggart (an MP, and former Prisons Minister)〔http://www.fionamactaggart.labour.co.uk〕 these were not acted on. After several years of legal appeals against her sentence, McCorkle applied to transfer to a British prison to serve the remainder of her sentence, under the terms of a reciprocal treaty with the USA. However, her application was rejected in July 2006. McCorkle reapplied for a treaty transfer in 2008 but her application was once again rejected in October of that year. On 30 October 2008, McCorkle received a letter from the US Department of Justice Pardon Attorney's office rejecting her request for commutation of her sentence. After being transferred from FCI Dublin in California, as of July 2009 she was an inmate at FMC Carswell (Fort Worth, Texas) in the United States with an expected prison sentence expiry date of 7 July 2014. McCorkle remained in a medium-security prison, whereas William J. McCorkle (her ex-husband), had transferred to a low-security "camp" prison the previous year. McCorkle was not eligible for transfer to a lower-security prison because, as a British citizen, she was viewed as a high flight risk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chantal McCorkle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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