Williams’ Sentence Cut 2 Years
The U.S. Parole Commission has cut two years off the prison sentence of ailing former Teamsters President Roy Lee Williams, making him eligible for parole in May, 1990, a Justice Department spokesman said today.
Williams, 72, entered the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., in December, 1985, three years after his conviction for attempting to bribe a U.S. senator. With mandatory credit for good behavior, Williams, who suffers from emphysema and an enlarged heart, would have had to serve six years and eight months of a 10-year sentence before today’s reduction.
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