In August 2008, "Maclean's" magazine published Amiel's defence of her husband (also published in "The Sunday Times"), in which she portrayed herself as the victim of a gross injustice. "My life was wiped out in Chicago at least all that mattered in it," she wrote. "What does it matter if one well-off elderly white woman with too many pairs of expensive shoes now finds her social life largely limited to visiting her dearly missed husband in a U.S. federal correctional institution." Accompanied by his wife, Black had reported to Coleman Correctional Facility in Florida on 3 March 2008 to serve his sentence.