Montgomery, AL – Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy is asking a court to release him from federal prison on bond while he awaits a new sentencing for his 2006 conviction in a government corruption case.
Scrushy filed the request recently with a federal judge in Montgomery.
Scrushy has served almost four years in prison after being convicted in a bribery scheme with former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman. But a federal appeals court threw out some of the counts earlier this year and ordered a new sentencing hearing.
Siegelman already is free on bond, and now Scrushy wants out of prison, too. A motion says he can go to a halfway house a year from now.
No date is set for a new sentencing, and a court has yet to rule on Scrushy's request.
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