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Former State Senator John Ford to be released

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(WRCB) - The brother of John Ford says the former State Senator from Memphis soon will be released from federal prison after serving four years in the Tennessee Waltz extortion case.

Edmund Ford Sr. told the Commercial Appeal he expects his 70-year-old brother to be released to a halfway house on August 20th.

Ford went to prison in 2008 after he was convicted of taking more than $50,000 in cash from undercover agents posing as businessmen seeking favors in the Tennessee legislature.

Ten others convicted have served their sentences.

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