Josh Voorhees has a
Slate article about
Whitey Bulger:
And so the trial of Whitey Bulger comes to an end, via The Associated Press:
Former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced to life in prison for his murderous reign in the 1970s and 1980s, bringing to a close a case that exposed FBI corruption so deep that many people across the city thought he would never be brought to justice.
Bulger, 84, was defiant to the end, calling his trial on racketeering charges a sham, and refusing to testify or provide information to probation officials preparing a sentencing report for the judge. A jury convicted Bulger in August of 2013 in a broad racketeering indictment that included murder, extortion, money-laundering, and weapons charges. The jury convicted Bulger in eleven of the nineteen killings he was charged with participating in but acquitted him of seven and could not reach a conclusion on an eighth.
The 84-year-old mob boss was given two life sentences plus an additional five years in prison, and was also ordered to pay twenty million dollars in restitution to the families of his victims, and to forfeit twenty-five million dollars to the government.
Rico says he doubts that, being eighty-four, the guy's gonna get out early for good behavior...
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