By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Gangster “Whitey” Bulger will only become more legendary with this. The Wrap, a website that reports on Hollywood, reports that Johnny Depp will star as the Boston mobster accused of 19 murders in the film “Black Mass.” The film will be directed by “Rain Man” director Barry Levinson, the Wrap reported….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A large-scale marijuana dealer who claims FBI agents lied in court to protect longtime informant and mobster James “Whitey” Bulger won’t receive a new trial, the Boston Globe reports. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First District refused Monday to overturn the 1984 conviction of Michael F. Murray, saying the evidence…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge has delayed the trial of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger until June 6, the Boston Herald reports. Bulger, who had been hospitalized for chest pains, and was released earlier this week, was set to go to trial this week. “The complexity of the case, the multiplicity of defendants, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lawyers for mobster James “Whitey” Bulger are seeking more evidence to bolster their claim that the accused serial murderer was given a license to kill by the federal government, the Boston Herald reports. Defense lawyers are asking U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns to order the release of all relevant correspondence between the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorneys for the notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger said their client received immunity to commit crimes from a late federal prosecutor, the Irish Central reports. The prosecutor, Jeremiah O’Sullivan, a former U.S. attorney, worked as a federal prosecutor at the same time as U.S. District Court Judge Richard Stearns, who is presiding…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A family of one of James “Whitey” Bulger’s alleged victims can proceed with a federal lawsuit against FBI agents who monitored the mobster-turned-informant, a federal judge ruled Thursday, the Boston Globe reports. The ruling by U.S. District Judge William Young follows an appeals court ruling that the case is null because the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious Boston mobster, plans to take the witness stand in his trial in March and explain that he received immunity while helping the FBI, his attorney said Monday, the Boston Globe reports. Prosecutors say the Justice Department offered no deal to clear Bulger of charges that he participated…
By O’Ryan Johnson Boston Herald BOSTON — The Indiana congressman who led the 2003 federal probe of corrupt ties between James “Whitey” Bulger and the FBI said he has seen no evidence of any immunity deal with the South Boston mobster — and doubts any exists. “I can’t remember anything that would say Whitey Bulger…
