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Ryan Hendrickson, HGARC assistant director for manuscripts, and Dick Lehr, a College of Communication journalism professor, lead students as they examine documents on high profile tales of crime and murder that were pulled from archives. RYAN GREGORY/ DFP STAFF

Documents on ‘Whitey’ Bulger, the Rosenbergs opened for students in ‘True Crime’ seminar

Shifa Rajwani March 25, 2019
The BU community was given the opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes look into the stories of high profile crimes and murders through letters, manuscripts and journals from both criminals and law enforcement at a “True Crime” discovery seminar at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center.
The film rights to former Boston Globe Spotlight reporter Dick Lehr's novel, "Trell" were acquired last month. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUZANNE KREITER

BU professor Dick Lehr’s novel heads to the big screen

Johnathan D. Kindall September 6, 2018

Students of journalism professor Dick Lehr watch him lecture and instruct peers each time they attend class, but they don’t always see the professor’s personal projects. Lehr published a young...

REVIEW: Shining "Spotlight" casts shadow over passive public

REVIEW: Shining “Spotlight” casts shadow over passive public

Joe Incollingo November 6, 2015

[mediagrid cat="24135" size="full"] Several times throughout “Spotlight,” the reporters and editors digging up the Catholic Church’s buried history of child sexual abuse question how such biblical...

James "Whitey" Bulger's mugshot at Alcatraz in 1959. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

James “Whitey” Bulger attorneys claim violation of constitutional rights in appeal

Amanda Burke July 27, 2015

  Attorneys for James “Whitey” Bulger argued Monday before a panel of judges at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse to overturn multiple federal racketeering convictions, claiming...

Witness’s death in Bulger trial concluded murder, not related to case

Daily Free Press Admin October 22, 2013

Medical examiners concluded Sunday that Stephen Rakes, a possible witness in the summer trial of James “Whitey” Bulger who was found dead during the case, was killed by poison in a murder unrelated...

Gov’t. shutdown could delay court cases in Boston

Daily Free Press Admin October 9, 2013

After the government shutdown on Oct. 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit  is expected to run out of funding by Monday, forcing all court employees to either be furloughed or to work without...

Whitey Bulger to forfeit more than $25 million to government

Daily Free Press Admin September 23, 2013

Prosecutors asked a judge on Friday to order ex-mobster James “Whitey” Bulger to forfeit more than $25 million, allowing them to seize all of his assets that he generated by racketeering and other...

Whitey Bulger could face life in prison, prosecutors said

Daily Free Press Admin September 11, 2013

After nine weeks of hearing testimonies from more than 70 witnesses during the trial, James “Whitey” Bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 counts brought against him. Now, Bulger could face life...

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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