Montgomery, AL – Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy has lost a bid to be released from prison on bond for his conviction on bribery charges in a government corruption case.
U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller has rejected Scrushy's request that he immediately be released from prison. Scrushy argued that he has already served more than four years of his almost seven-year sentence. Scrushy said his sentence is likely to be reduced further because a federal appeals court dropped two charges for which he was convicted and has ordered a new sentencing hearing.
But Fuller said that even with the dropped charges, Scrushy's remaining sentence is within federal sentencing guidelines.
Scrushy and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman were convicted in a 2006 government corruption trial. Siegelman is out of prison on appeal bond.
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