James Whitey Bulger Set to Appeal Conviction Associated Press (11/22/13) A notice of appeal was filed by attorneys for James Whitey Bulger in federal court on Nov. 20 challenging the former Boston crime boss conviction on racketeering charges. The appeal was expected as the lawyers had said that Bulger saw his trial as a sham since he was not allowed to argue that he had been given immunity to commit crimes by a now-deceased federal prosecutor. In August, Bulger was convicted in a broad racketeering case and was sentenced on Nov. 14 to two consecutive life terms. Bulger, who served as an informant for the FBI and was protected by corrupt Boston FBI agents, did not testify at his trial nor did he speak at the two-day sentencing hearing. Bulger was arrested in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011 after being a fugitive following a tip-off in 1994 from a former FBI agent that he was about to be indicted.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 22:10:37 +0000
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