Whitey and Stevie’s relationship would not be put asunder until Stevie testified in 1997. It had lasted over 22 years, the last three were years of separation: Whitey was hiding out, Stevie was in prison. Connolly kept up his role in the trio all through that time. Of the three, Connolly was brought along for…
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§35 Whitey Joins Flemmi And Connolly: Breaking The News [Re-Examining Whitey Bulger: The Learning Years]
Whether Whitey was an informant as all the world believes or whether he was not as he and his attorneys suggest really changes little. It gives Whitey the feeling that he never faulted on his loyalty to his fellow criminals nor has he joined the ranks of that much despised group of Irishmen who have…
Saint Patrick’s Day Thoughts
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Billy made a comment yesterday about the St. Patrick’s day parade in South Boston. For background, he is co-author of a book about the legal fight to allow the parade sponsors to decide upon the message of their parade titled: From Trial Court To The United States Supreme Court. He also participated as a…
Court Removes Judge Stearns Based On Public Perception
The Court of Appeals in an opinion written by Justice David Souter has removed Judge Richard Stearns from Whitey Bulger’s case. The decision told of the history behind the indictment calling Whitey “a leader of a criminal organization in Boston from 1972 to 1999.” It notes his association with Steve Flemmi who pleaded guilty and…
Judge Stearns Out Of Whitey’s Trial
It’s reported Stearns is out. Judge Soutter a former justice of the Supreme Court wrote: “With great respect for the trial judge, we nonetheless grant the petition, because it is clear that a reasonable person would question the capacity for impartiality of any judicial officer with the judge’s particular background in the federal prosecutorial apparatus…
Getting Back To The Reexamination of Whitey Bulger
I’ve suggested so far based on the evidence I could find that some of the important things that have been written about Whitey’s life are wrong. Here are some of what I suggest happened that contradicts the stories put out by the media authors. They have it when Whitey he got out of prison he…