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P.G. Sittenfeld to be released from prison pending appeal

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Former Cincinnati city councilman P.G. Sittenfeld will be released from prison while his appeal is pending, according to court records filed Wednesday.

Sittenfeld has served roughly 4 1/2 months of his 16 month sentence for his public corruption conviction.

On May 9, Sittenfeld's attorneys asked a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out his conviction.

Sittenfeld has maintained that he did nothing illegal by accepting $20,000 in campaign donations from undercover FBI agents.

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