I hope he get the max, even tho the judge reduce it last week, I hope he behind bars for 14 years. He knew what he did was wrong but still did it anyway. If it was an average person, he or she would have gotten 27 years but because Vinnie is sooooooooo popular with all the crooks in Philly, he is getting years taken off of his original max. Also, I think he should pay back all of the money including interests.
I don't think Carolyn should wait around for him. She should start enjoying her life now since Vinnie is going away.
The court didn't anticipate a large crowd? C'mon.
Where is JOHNNY DOC sitting?
Courtroom was too packed to let everyone in. I took off after not being let in but not before talking to reporters about the connections between Fumo and corrupt process that created and has resulted from the the Gaming Law (Act 71) that he was the architect of 5 years ago this month.
He's looking a tad under the weather
Fishtown welcomes the SugarHouse casino. I would urge CasinoFree Philadelphia to fully disclose its list of donors in the spirit of transparency so the public can determine if Atlantic City casinos are funding CasinoFree. Transparency is so important just look at Citizens Alliance.
Lewis Katz and Family are #8 of the Top 20 casino donors to PA politicians. Katz is an investor in the proposed Foxwoods casino downtown. There are a total of eight top 20 donors from the two Philly casinos, Sugarhouse and Foxwoods. #7 donor is Richard Sprague, Fumo's friedn and attorney at the time of Fumo pushed the Gaming Act through. Rendell has been the #1 recipient of casino cash followed by Fumo at #2. The report of casino $$ can be found at: http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4846315
the judge can't be too soft...he needs to get the max...fed prisons have better health care than all of us
More proof is in the form of Lewis Katz, who is attending the proceedings this morning. Mr. Katz is one of the biggest donors to Rendell and whose "Charitable Family Trust" (hello tax shelter!) is one of the biggest investors in Foxwoods Philadelphia. Mr. Katz lives in New Jersey.
Equalityman: Does your tinfoil head-shield feel a bit hot on these sunny summer days?
Any side bets on whether Vince swoons in the courtroom -further delaying the sentencing?
"Let the guardians of the law diligently foresee first that evil deeds be done, but if done that such deeds be punished to the full extent that the law demands," from Plato's On Laws and Customs. Fumo will approve of a classical reference in a hard sentence, and given what he did, there is only one sentence to give here.
"Judges should be endowed with the same frame of mind as the lawmakers," said the Athenian orator Lysias. Fumo took no prisoners as a lawmaker and a man.
"In the severity of the judges lay the authority of the law," said Demosthenes when he addresses an Athenian jury. He says the Athenian people are strong because the laws are strong, and the laws are strong because of the people. We'll soon see how strong Philly is and PA.
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Live from the courtroom, the Inquirer is blogging the federal corruption trial of State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo and his longtime friend and associate Ruth Arnao.
Highlights of testimony, rulings and the courtroom scene will be posted here regularly. Fumo, a Democratic state senator since 1978, is accused in a 139-count indictment of conspiring to defraud the Senate, a South Philadelphia nonprofit, and the Independence Seaport Museum; obstruction of justice; and tax violations. The fraudulent activity totaled $3.5 million, prosecutors allege.
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