Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Clarke (Labour), on Monday, 21 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 127 members in total.

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SENTENCING OF CHANTAL MCCORKLE

That this House notes that Chantal McCorkle, a British citizen, was sentenced to 24 years and four months imprisonment in the United States for offences which might carry only a suspended sentence in the UK; further notes that the judge who sentenced her in 1999 expressed disquiet at the sentence that she felt obliged to give; further notes that recent cases of Blakely and Booker in the United States Supreme Court cast doubt on the sentencing guidelines then used and give grounds for an appeal; and urges the Government to support Chantal's lawyers and press the United States legal system to hear Chantal's appeal against sentence as expeditiously as possible and to ensure that no barriers are placed to Chantal's transfer to the UK to serve whatever remaining sentence she has after her appeal.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

733 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Sentencing USA McCorkle, Chantal

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk