Churchill: Sheldon Silver belongs in prison
Churchill: Sheldon Silver belongs in prison
The former Assembly speaker went home for a few days this week before being returned to federal prison for his corruption conviction..
May 7, 2021
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Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.John Minchillo
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Hello folks,
So when I started writing this newsletter, early on Thursday afternoon, it looked as though Sheldon Silver would serve only eight months in prison for his very substantial crimes. But as I was wrapping up my especially profound thoughts on his seeming freedom and why it was a mistake, news broke that Silver is headed back to prison after all.
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Michael Balsamo May 06, 2021 - 12:06 PM
WASHINGTON - Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
Silver was released Tuesday from a federal prison on furlough while he awaited potential placement to home confinement. The 77-year-old Silver had been in prison since August, where he was serving more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville, New York.
His return to prison came after the U.S. attorney s office in Manhattan, which prosecuted Silver s case, said it had notified the Bureau of Prisons that it had opposed Silver s release.
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Crooked former NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, 77, is ordered BACK to prison two days after he was released on furlough less than a year into his six year sentence
Silver, 77, was released Tuesday on furlough while awaiting the decision on whether he could serve his remaining time in home confinement
A source said Silver will now be returned to federal prison after federal authorities denied him home confinement
He had been in Otisville prison in Orange County, New York, since August
The former NY Assembly Speaker was convicted of a corruption scheme where he took $800,000 payments from real estate developers from 2005 to 2015