After reading a friend's Cosmo magazine I discovered an article about Chantal and after reading it I couldnt sit there and do nothing. I don't expect to help change the American justice system but had to tell them my feelings, below is an email I sent to President George Bush and Vice President Cheney's official email addresses.

After looking through a friend's magazine I read an article about an English women who has been jailed in America for 24 years. Her only crime was not stating that props she used in a television advert were hired! For a justice system to work there needs to be at least a bit of common sense used which was obviously missing in this case. How could she be jailed for longer than murderers and child rapists? It just doesn't make sense. She hasn't hurt anyone and even though her advert wasn't totally legitimate she was still selling hope to people who bought her books and videos. She has already had years from her life cruely taken away and it would be an even bigger crime to take more years from her. President Bush has only just been re-elected, and to be honest I was pleased. Now I'm not too sure maybe a new president would have helped her, George Bush has the power to help Chantal walk free and spend the rest of her life with her family, something she has missed out on for 6 years. I think anybody who reads this email couldn't even contemplate what that would be like, I certanly know I couldnt. I plead with whoever reads this email to bring it to the President's attention and help bring justice to Chantal's case. At the very least what is the possible reason to keep her in an American prision? Surely it would be beneficial for everyone to have her transferred to an English prision so she can see her family more than every 5-6 years?

After seeing cases about people being jailed for reasons they shouldn't before Ihave never acted apon them, but this case had made me so outraged and upset to think about what everyone involved has gone through I felt I had to have my say. Just thinking about it makes my blood boil because of the injustice of the whole case.

The punishment she has suffered already already outweighs the original crime! It is time to let her walk free.
Thank you for reading this email.

Matt Cornish