Former Chicago Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd has been released from a federal prison after serving time for cocaine trafficking charges.
The one-time NFL player did a decade behind bars after receiving a 15-year sentence. Hurd, now 37, was taken down by federal agents in 2011 while he was still on the Bears roster.
As the I-Team reported in 2016, Hurd claimed he'd been rehabilitated and deserved an early release. A judge denied that request for release. "The Bureau of Prisons has authority about what to do with people sentences towards the end of those sentences and often, whether because of prison crowding conditions or good behavior or otherwise they will cut a defendant loose," said former Chicago federal prosecutor and ABC7 legal analyst Gil Soffer. "He has an opportunity to turn himself around.
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