Bulger Juror Thinks Only Certain Families Should Address Mobster
Whitey Bulger will learn this week -- how much time he'll spend in prison.
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Whitey Bulger will learn this week -- how much time he'll spend in prison.
For the families of 11 murder victims, the conviction of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger brought some sense of justice after decades of frustration. But for others, the jury's decision was yet another denial of the peace they have long sought.
It's a lesson in the danger of glorifying thugs, swallowing fraudulent Robin Hood stories, and valuing neighborhood or ethnic or even family ties over basic human decency.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Whitey Bulger to two consecutive life sentences, plus five years, saying he is "one of the most violent and despicable criminals in Boston history."
Federal prosecutors say relatives of all 19 people gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was charged with killing should be allowed to speak at his sentencing hearing.
Prosecutors have told a judge that concerns that prosecutors will secretly seize assets of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger are unfounded.
South Boston lawyer Daniel Rull claimed that, as far as he knew, the deals he handled for Bulger were legal transactions.
The family of a woman murdered in the 1980s is asking a judge to appoint a special investigator to look into money and other property connected to crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his associates, so those assets can be distributed to victims.
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to issue a judgment worth more than $25 million against Whitey Bulger's current and future assets.
It looks like taxpayers are on the hook for close to $3 million for the cost of James "Whitey" Bulger's defense in his racketeering trial.
A Massachusetts man charged with attempted murder for allegedly poisoning another man's iced coffee is due in court for a dangerousness hearing.
Prosecutors have asked a judge to allow victim impact statements from family members of all 19 people Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was accused of killing, even though Bulger wasn't convicted in every death.
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William Bulger has made no public statements on his older brother's trial or conviction.
Whitey Bulger's federal convictions on racketeering may not be the end of his legal problems in Massachusetts.
Janet Uhlar, a Cape Cod nurse, says she will never be the same after serving on the jury in the Whitey Bulger case.
One of Whitey Bulger's attorneys said he considers Bulger a "gracious client" after representing him at his federal trial.
Boston Globe columnist and co-author of a book about James Whitey Bulger says he doesn't see how Bulger can appeal Monday's verdict.
Former NHL star and Boston native Chris Nilan says he doesn't know how Whitey Bulger got a Stanley Cup ring.
Whitey Bulger still faces possible trials in Florida and Oklahoma for murders there that could end with him getting the death penalty.
Now that the Whitey Bulger trial is over – except for the endless, gratuitous, tax-dollar-wasting appeals – what feeling are you left with?
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Joe Mathieu says the Bulger verdicts mark the end of an era in organized crime.
In an exclusive interview Monday night with WBZ-TV, one of the jurors in James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial reveals what happened behind closed doors during much of the jury's deliberations.
What it means, and what happens next.
The jury that convicted James "Whitey" Bulger in a series of gangland murders Monday also left some families shaken when it didn't find him guilty in eight other killings — angering relatives who have waited decades to see someone pay for the deaths of their loved ones.
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The Chelmsford Board of Selectmen voted Monday night to place injured firefighter Nick Spinale on administrative leave, assuring his benefits and pay are covered.
An air quality alert was issued today for Boston and parts of Massachusetts.
Gas prices continue to climb in Massachusetts before travelers hit the road for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Boston set a new high temperature record on Tuesday, and Wednesday will be another scorcher.
An air quality alert was issued today for Boston and parts of Massachusetts.
Gas prices continue to climb in Massachusetts before travelers hit the road for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
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There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
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A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
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