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The Daily Free Press

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Whitey Bulger’s FBI informant status debated in trial’s third week

Daily Free Press Admin July 2, 2013

During the third week of the James “Whitey” Bulger trial, lawyers debated the former mob boss’s alleged status as an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1970s and 1980s. Department...

Victims testify in second week of Whitey Bulger trial

Daily Free Press Admin June 24, 2013

During the second week of James “Whitey” Bulger's federal trial, former hit man John Martorano and several victims of Bulger’s crimes testified in the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in South Boston...

Opening statements heard in James ‘Whitey’ Bulger trial

Daily Free Press Admin June 12, 2013

After pleading not guilty to 19 charges of murder and to multiple charges of racketeering, money laundering and extortion, James “Whitey” Bulger sat before a jury of his peers for the first time Wednesday...

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger not allowed to use immunity claim

Daily Free Press Admin May 2, 2013

In a major blow to James “Whitey” Bulger’s case, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper ruled Thursday that the mobster cannot claim immunity for his crimes as a defense in his trial. “In response...

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