Disgraced New York State lawmaker Sheldon Silver is out of federal prison less than a year into his 6.5-year prison sentence, despite prosecutors objections.
The 77-year-old was released Tuesday from Otisville Prison in Orange County, New York, and released to his home while awaiting a decision on whether he will serve his remaining time in home confinement or in a halfway house, a source familiar with the matter told the Associated Press.
Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, which secured the guilty verdict, was notified that he could be out on home confinement, a spokesperson for the district told The New York Post, and they weren t pleased with the decision.
AP source: Sheldon Silver released from prison on furlough
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 federal 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 awa…
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Sleazy Government Influence Peddler Sheldon Silver Meets His Well-Earned Fate
November 30, 2015
Sheldon Silver stepped down as New York State Assembly Speaker earlier this year though he held on to his assembly seat after he was indicted on corruption charges. Silver faced four counts of honest services fraud, two of extortion, and one of money laundering. Some of his former co-conspirators ratted on him to save themselves. It only took the jury three days to find him guilty on all seven counts.
Under state law, Silver’s conviction automatically boots him from office and bars him from ever again holding any state position.