Judge Stearns delayed Whitey’s trial three months. His first sentence in his order reads: “Defendant James Bulger was a fugitive from justice for sixteen years.” I don’t understand what that has to do with a defendant’s lawyer having adequate time to prepare for trial. He recognizes the “complexity of the case, . . . the…
Author: mtc9393
Whitey’s Bulger’s Return Brings Up The Sordid Past and Shows The Dangers Facing Prosecutors
On Tuesday last I wrote about the prosecutors’ dilemma in using witnesses who are inveterate liars. Is it okay for prosecutors to allow them to tell little (venial) lies but not okay to tell big (mortal) lies? Or, how do you tell when people who lie all the time are not lying? How can twelve…
Whitey Bulger’s Arrest Opened A Hornets’ Nest That The DOJ Hoped Was Shut Tight
(My blog site was not operating properly yesterday so I delayed this post until today.) Whitey Bulger was not supposed to go to trial. He was probably never supposed to be captured. A secret hope existed in the bowels of the prosecution arm of the Department of Justice, especially the FBI, that he’d slide into…
Waiting For Judge Stearns Decision On Whitey Bulger’s Motion For Continuance
I finally learned how to use Pacer the on-line system which gives an idea of what is happening with the Whitey Bulger case by showing the documents which are filed. That’s how I got a copy of the document J.W. Carney and Hank Brennan filed seeking additional discovery which I said I’d write more about…
Whitey Bulger’s Prosecutors Dilemma: Using Paid Liars As Witnesses
Reading the recent filing by Whitey’s lawyer’s J.W. Carney and Hank Brennan I see that some of the questions that have puzzled me which are being discussed between persons who have commented at my blog home site and myself are being brought forth for discussion and resolution. These questions relate to prosecutors, the payments they…
The Whitey Bulger Story: Our Government Hiding Information And Wasting Money
When I got home last night from my trip I had a message from a nurse who had been married to one of the top investigators who chased after Whitey for years and almost had him a couple of times. She asked me if I wanted to send flowers “to Boston Medical Center to Whitey…