By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
If he lives long enough, disgraced former FBI agent John Connolly will benefit from a new prison sentence.
Connolly, who is behind bars for a 1982 murder tied to imprisoned New England mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, will be 98 by the time of his June 22, 2039 release date, the Associated Press reports.
The new release date was set by the Florida Commission on Offender Review.
Connolly, who was Bulger’s FBI handler in Boston, was convicted in 2008 of second-degree murder following the murder of World Jai-Alai President John Callahan. Connolly tipped off Bulger that Callahan was about to rat out Bulger’s gang in another murder.
The relationship between Bulger and Connolly inspired the 2006 Martin Scorsese film, “The Departed.”
