Sheldon Silver Released From Prison
Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from Otisville prison under a provision of the CARES Act, which allows prison bureaus to release those deemed vulnerable to Covid.
At 77, Silver would qualify as extremely high risk to Covid. Silver served a year and a half in prison.
The Department of Justice under former President Donald Trump has strict criteria on who could be released, but after several dozen prison reform organizations sent a letter to current Attorney General Merrick Garland, he expanded the eligibility for who could be released from prison to home confinement under the CARES Act.
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