There’s a report in the Boston Globe today that the prosecution team will disclose the evidence they have turned over to defense counsel at a status conference scheduled today. It notes “a judge is also expected to set deadlines for motions to be filed leading up to Bulger’s trial in March.” One thing we’re waiting for is…
Category: Whitey
This is all about Whitey. These will be the posts that relate specifically to him.
Whitey Bulger’s Forlorn Future – Why Won’t Whitey Give Catherine Greig a Chance
I’ve told how Catherine Greig who never killed anyone or committed a crime just got sent to prison for 8 years. Oh, let me stand corrected on that. She did commit a crime. She fell in love. She went off with Whitey Bulger for the 16 years he was on the lam. Had she been…
Defining Whitey – Unique or a Copy – A Quest for An Answer
John “Red” Shea served twelve years for drug offenses. At age 21 he claims he was Whitey’s top lieutenant in the drug distribution business. A Golden Gloves boxing champion he was good with his fists which came in handy while in prison. He avers in his book Rat Bastard there is nothing worse in the…
The Blind Obeisance to Whitey
Yesterday I wrote about Southie. I’ll do that from time to time. It’s an integral part of the Whitey story. Southie is tribal — it professes to believe it has a uniqueness, like a chosen people. It talks about how it is imbued with long standing admirable qualities which are being threatened by depraved and despicable…
Bully Boy Whitey
The Merriam-Webster unabridged dictionary defines the word as: “ a blustering fellow more insolent than courageous : one given to hectoring, browbeating, and threatening; especially : one habitually threatening, harsh, or cruel to others weaker or smaller than himself.” That, of course, is a definition of the word bully. When I was a young kid I remember that there was only…
Whitey’s Sweetheart Deal – The Big Win
Yesterday I noted that Whitey might be in the process of making a deal with the feds. Here’s what he needs: wrap up all the federal charges with a plea to life in prison, work out a deal for a federal prison that is considered cushy, and have Oklahoma and Florida join in the deal….