Former Gov. Edwin Edwards has been released from federal prison. He spent two hours at a Baton Rouge halfway house, before leave with his daughter, Anna, to an undisclosed location.

Edwards served eight years for a corruption conviction.

The four-term former governor arrived in Baton Rouge on Thursday morning after leaving the Oakdale prison.

Edwards went to prison in October 2002 on a 10-year sentence for a bribery and extortion scheme to rig Louisiana's riverboat casino licensing process during his final term in office. He has maintained his innocence.

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