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Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough, while he awaits potential placement to home confinement.
That s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke with The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Silver was serving his more than six-year sentence at a federal prison in Otisville, NY in a corruption case, but has been behind bars for less than a year of that sentence.
The person says he s been released on furlough while awaiting potential placement to home confinement to serve his sentence at home. Prosecutors say they opposed the furlough.
Report: Silver released from prison, could serve rest of sentence at home
Former Assembly speaker was inside for nine months, has five years left on term
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Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves U.S. District Court after he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison in the corruption case that drove him from power, Monday, July 20, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni insisted that Silver come to court in person to hear his punishment, rather than appear remotely because of concerns about exposure to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)John Minchillo
In this May 11, 2018 photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves federal court in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NEW YORK (AP) Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough while he awaits potential placement to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Silver, 77, began serving his more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville, New York, in August, after years of fending off going behind bars in a corruption case.
He has been released to his home while awaiting a final decision on whether he can serve the rest of his sentence there in home confinement, the person said. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity.
In this May 11, 2018 file photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves federal court in New York. Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough, while he awaits potential placement to home confinement. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke with The Associated Press on Tuesday
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NEW YORK Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough while he awaits potential placement to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Silver, 77, began serving his more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville, New York, in August, after years of fending off going behind bars in a corruption case.