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The Daily Free Press

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The Daily Free Press

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Whitey Bulger found guilty of 11 murders as mob boss

Daily Free Press Admin August 12, 2013

After five days of jury deliberations, nine weeks on trial and 16 years on the run from the federal government, James “Whitey” Bulger was found guilty Monday of 31 of the 32 counts brought against...

Bulger declines testifying after eight weeks of trial

Daily Free Press Admin August 3, 2013

After James “Whitey” Bulger decided not to testify, he and his counsel rested their case on Friday after five days of calling witnesses and eight weeks on trial at the U.S. District Court in South...

Prosecution presents final witnesses in Bulger trial

Daily Free Press Admin July 27, 2013

After seven weeks of testimony from 63 witnesses, the prosecution called to the stand its final witness on Friday to wrap up its case against alleged former mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, according...

Flemmi testifies, possible witness dead in sixth week of Bulger trial

Daily Free Press Admin July 20, 2013

There was drama both inside and outside the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in South Boston for the sixth week of the James “Whitey” Bulger trial as one of his closest associates testified against him...

Possible witness in Whitey Bulger trial found dead

Daily Free Press Admin July 18, 2013

Stephen Rakes, 59, a Quincy resident and alleged extortion victim of former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, was found dead at about 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday near Mill Street in Lincoln, officials said. There...

Tension between Bulger and witnesses in fifth week of trial

Daily Free Press Admin July 15, 2013

Tempers continued to rise between James “Whitey” Bulger and the witnesses called to the stand as the trial entered its fifth week at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in South Boston. The prosecution...

Emotional apologies in fourth week of Bulger trial

Daily Free Press Admin July 8, 2013

Emotions came to the fore from several people in the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in South Boston as the fourth week of the James “Whitey” Bulger trial continued with testimonies from former Federal...

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...

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