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…
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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…
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…
Loose Lips Sink Reputations Aside From Ships: The Corruption Of The Word Corrupt
It’s Sunday, a day of rest. If the Lord could take one day off in seven, I think it is appropriate for me to do the same thing and take time to reflect. I was thinking that if Genesis were written today, it would read something like “On the Seventh Day the Lord watched the…
FBI Agent “Leaky John” Morris Animosity Toward The Bulgers Is Behind The 75 Street Attack on Billy
I pointed out a couple of days ago that sometime before September 1988 Gerald O’Neill of the Boston Globe and FBI agent “Leaky John” Morris had struck up a friendship. (There also seems to have been a relationship between Dick Lehr of the Globe and former FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick) It was through this relationship…