UPDATE: Former state Sen. Carlos Uresti was released from prison on Friday morning after serving four years and four months of his 12-year sentence.
His attorney Mikal Watts confirmed to KSAT that he left a federal prison in Bastrop and was taken to a halfway house.Ex-state Sen. Carlos Uresti will be released from federal prison on Friday after serving four years and four months of his 12-year sentence, according to his attorney, Mikal Watts.
Uresti is expected to be released around 8:30 a.m., his attorney confirmed late Thursday. It’s unclear what led to his shortened sentence.
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