FREE Oogie Urbina! Really!

Former Major League closer Ugueth Urbina was released from prison after serving part of a 14-year term for attempted murder, Venezuelan newspaper El Universal reports.

Urbina was sentenced in 2006 for burning and trying to kill two employees at his family's ranch. He was also found guilty of illegal deprivation of liberty and violation of a prohibition against taking justice into his own hands.

The former pitcher was serving his sentence at the Penitenciaria General de Venezuela (PGV) in San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela, for over seven years. Being in the middle of his prison term, he benefitted from observing good behavior, which made him worthy of considering his release.

Urbina pitched in the Major Leagues during 11 seasons with Montreal, Boston, Texas, Florida, Detroit and Philadelphia. He had a 3.45 lifetime ERA, striking out 814 batters in 697⅓ innings and picking up 237 saves until he was involved in the incident, which resulted in his incarceration.

His son Juan, a Minor League pitcher with the Mets organization himself, divulged the news on his Twitter account.

Sounds kind of sketchy...maybe it will come out later that he was innocent. Will follow this story.

how it is sketchy? i think the prisons there are just insanely over crowded - i saw a pic of him during his incarceration and it was wall to wall people crammed in there.