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Edwin Edwards was released from federal prison Thursday morning, after serving eight-and-a-half years of his 10-year sentence for bribery.
A transfer order was approved earlier this week, allowing Edwards, 83, to be released from the federal detention center in Oakdale, La. and report to a halfway house in Baton Rouge.
It has been reported that Edwards will report to the Ecumenical House three times a week. If approved by the Bureau of Prisons, he will be allowed to live with relatives during his 6-month probation period.
The charges against the former governor were in relation to the obtaining of Louisiana riverboat casino licenses.
Edwin Edwards was released from federal prison Thursday morning, after serving eight-and-a-half years of his 10-year sentence for bribery.
A transfer order was approved earlier this week, allowing Edwards, 83, to be released from the federal detention center in Oakdale, La. and report to a halfway house in Baton Rouge.
It has been reported that Edwards will report to the Ecumenical House three times a week. If approved by the Bureau of Prisons, he will be allowed to live with relatives during his 6-month probation period.
The charges against the former governor were in relation to the obtaining of Louisiana riverboat casino licenses.
