Updated: 1:50 p.m. Associated Press reports a federal appeals court has ruled that a plan to offer sports betting in Delaware would violate a federal ban. The plan was opposed by the professional sports leagues and the NCAA. The ruling came Monday after a three-judge panel in Philadelphia heard almost two hours of arguments from [...]

This is courtroom audio from the sentencing hearing for former state Senator Vince Fumo on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. This was Fumo’s chance to personally make a plea for a lenient sentence from Judge Ronald Buckwalter. It lasted 16 minutes before a packed courtroom of nearly 300 people in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Following [...]

This is courtroom audio of Judge Ronald Buckwalter announcing his controversial sentence for former state Senator Vince Fumo. The sentence was far below the federal sentencing guidelines of 11-14 years in prison. Buckwalter said that because of Fumo’s good character he would “grant a departure from the guidelines.” Buckwalter said directly to Fumo in the [...]

This video features the actual courtroom audio of federal prosecutor Robert Zauzmer being allowed to give one final point before Vince Fumo was to speak and Judge Ronald Buckwalter’s sentencing announcement. The judge had just heard many witnesses recount the many good deeds that Senator Fumo did for them and how he helped the Philadelphia [...]

(Mp3 of Radio Times 7/15/09 @ 10am. featuring the two federal prosecutors in the Vince Fumo trial and one of the FBI agents that helped build the case. They are Assistant U.S District Attorneys ROBERT ZAUSMER and JOHN PEASE and FBI Special Agent VICKI HUMPHREYS.)
Former state Senator Vincent Fumo was sentenced to four years and [...]

(fyi: Defense began its presentation 2:41 p.m.)
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer’s live blog of today’s sentencing hearing for Vince Fumo, the judge says the Fumo case letters will be made public. This is great news. Now we can see who said what. The case letters were submitted by Fumo friends and allies who are asking [...]

The non-profit organization that was a central focus in the recent trial of former Democratic State senator Vince Fumo has announced that on April 30 it will end “community service functions.” If you go to the website for Citizens’ Alliance for Better Neighborhoods you find this message.
While this decision was painful, our Board has concluded [...]

The City of Philadelphia has been a bad boy lately. At least that’s the way it appears to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court who sided with Sugarhouse Casino in its request for a Special Master to mediate any future disputes between the city and the yet-to-be built casino.
Sugerhouse believes the city has been dragging its feet [...]

 
If you haven’t been paying attention, that loud thump you heard on Monday was the sound of a Philadelphia’s political titan hitting the ground like a felled redwood tree. Vince Fumo, was convicted on federal corruption charges for abusing his position as a state senator and could spend more than 10 years in jail. So, [...]

If he could take it back - and I am sure there is a long list of things Vince Fumo would like to take back today - No. 1 would be his decision to testify on his own behalf at his federal corruption trial.
As jurors made clear yesterday - after finding Fumo guilty of all [...]