a broad financial investigation that has already convicted Montgomery, sports agent Charles Wells, and her coach, Steve Riddick. Criminal sentencing Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas that any sentence between probation and six months' imprisonment would be fair (with the maximum penalty being five years in prison); Karas responded by seeking advice as to whether he could go beyond the six-month sentence. Meanwhile, Jones's lawyers asked that her penalty be limited to probation and community service, arguing, in part, that she had been punished enough by apologizing publicly, retiring from track and field, and relinquishing her five Olympic medals. On January 11, 2008, Karas sentenced Jones to six months in jail for her involvement in the check fraud case and her use of performance-enhancing drugs. During the sentencing hearing, the judge admonished her, saying that she knew what she was doing and would be punished accordingly. "The offenses here are serious. They each involve lies made three years apart," Karas said, adding that Jones's actions were "not a one-off mistake...but a repetition in an attempt to break the law." Jones was ordered to surrender on March 15, 2008. She reported four days early, on March 11, at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell prison in Fort Worth and was assigned Federal Bureau of Prisons register no. 84868–054. She was released from prison on September 5, 2008. Notes References Other sources External links New York Times Topic: People: Marion Jones 10-05-2007 Federal Plea Bargain Agreement 12-28-2007 Marion Jones' Legal Filing Requesting Parole Complete text, audio, video of Marion Jones-Thompson apology speech California State Records before 2000 1975 births Living people African-American basketball players African-American female track and field athletes All-American college women's basketball players American female long jumpers American female sprinters American people of Belizean descent American perjurers American sportspeople convicted of crimes American sportspeople in doping cases American women's basketball players Athletes stripped of World Athletics Championships medals Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Los Angeles Belizean female sprinters Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Doping cases in athletics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics IAAF Golden League winners World Athletics record holders (relay) Laureus World Sports Awards winners North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball players Olympic track and field athletes of the United States People convicted of making false statements People from Ventura County, California