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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 6:25 am - by Alan Tu. Filed under: Politics.
Vincent Fumo
A judge yesterday denied fomer state Senator Vince Fumo’s request for a delay in sentencing. Prosecutors say the 66 year old he could face anywhere from 21-27 years in prison. Fumo’s attorneys will argue for less time and say they needed more time to prepare their arguments.
Fumo was one the most powerful politicians in Pennsylvania and weilded tremendous influence in Philadelphia politics. He was convicted of defrauding the Senate, obstruction of justice, and defrauding a South Philadelphia non-profilt organzation.
To read more, check out Craig McCoy’s write up.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Good bye Vince - you were just another corrupt PA politician.
There’s many more where you came from.
I guess we’ll see you in Hell then.