‘Whitey’ Bulger Verdict Closes Chapter on Two Decades of Brutal Rule in Boston’s Criminal Underworld

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who seized Boston’s criminal underworld in the 1970s and ’80s, likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury found him guilty Monday of murder and racketeering. Wearing a gray shirt, dark pants and sneakers, the 83-year-old who occasionally shouted  in anger…

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Families of Victims Await Justice As ‘White’ Bulger Trial Enters 5th Day of Deliberations

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As jurors begin their fifth day of deliberations in the racketeering and murder trial reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger today, relatives of victims are hoping for some closure and justice, the USA Today reports. Theresa Barrett Bond, however, may never get that closure because she has lost trust in the law…

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Top Prosecutor Says He’s Investigating FBI Shooting of Chechen immigrant

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Orlando’s top prosecutor pledged to review the fatal shooing of a Chechen immigrant in his condo during an FBI interrogation, The Associated Press reports. The news comes the same week Ibragim Todashev’s father arrived in Florida with the intention of suing the bureau for his son’s death. State Attorney Jeff Ashton said…

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