Brazil ex-governor implicated in corruption freed from house arrest

FILE PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro's Governor Sergio Cabral (L) greets the then president of Brazil Dilma Rousseff during the signing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro's international airport concession in Rio de Janeiro, April 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A Brazilian court ordered that former Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral be released from house arrest on Thursday, but the politician still faces corruption charges.

In ordering Cabral's release, the court criticized "the extensive time period in which the present criminal action is being processed, without a final conviction that can't be appealed."