When Carney finished his rebuttal, hardly had he reached his seat than the clerk called for the next case that was scheduled to be heard that day. Judge Lynch asked to parties to hold off on their argument until the court room cleared. Over three-quarters of the people who were sitting there jumped up and…
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Part 3: Whitey Bulger’s Hearing Before First Circuit: The Prosecutor’s Pitch and The Rebuttal.
The assistant US attorney representing the prosecution Zachary Hafer arose. I apologize to him and you for not knowing his name especially since He did a good job. He pointed out Judge Stearns has asserted he knew nothing about the immunity issue. Judge Selya responded and said Whitey had an unorthodox or thoroughly corrupt relationship…
Part Two: Whitey Bulger’s Hearing Before First Circuit: J.W. Carney’s Presentation
Reading over the notes I took, here’s what I observed and heard in greater detail during the argument before the Court of Appeals. When I arrived at the hearing a little after nine the seventh floor courtroom was 3/4 full with about half of them men and women in pin striped suits. As the clock…
Re-Examining Whitey Bulger: The Early Years: Whitey’s Change Of Heart: Part Eight
I noted yesterday the so-called war between the Killeen and Mullen gangs started in July, 1969. Using the word war to describe this conflict seems to be greatly exaggerating what occurred. It was more what we’d call a small gang fight with a few guns thrown in. It seems there were less than a dozen…

The End of The Year Is Nigh Upon Us: A Few Disparate Thoughts About Things Other Than Whitey
I am anxiously awaiting the decision on Motel Caswell. That case is pending in the Federal District Court of Massachusetts under the name United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Massachusetts. It is the case where the federal government is trying to steal a motel from a guy who has had it in the family…

Re-Examining Whitey Bulger: The Early Years Before Springing Back Into Crime: Part Six
The year Whitey gets out of prison in 1965 saw the end of the so-called Irish Gang war sometimes called the Boston gang war. Legend has it that it began on Labor Day weekend at Salisbury Beach in 1961. Like the Trojan War, it was all over a woman. It was a brutal affair of…