WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned away James “Whitey” Bulger’s appeal of his racketeering convictions and life sentence. The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place Bulger’s convictions for playing a role in 11 murders and many ...

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A man who has spent more than three decades in prison for murder is asking for a new trial, claiming he has corroboration for his claim that gangster James "Whitey" Bulger framed him.

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BOSTON — James “Whitey” Bulger, the feared Boston mob boss who became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives, was convicted Monday in a string of 11 killings and other gangland crimes, many of them committed while he was said to ...

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BOSTON — The judge who was set to preside over the trial of reputed gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was removed from the case Thursday by a federal appeals court that found his background as a former federal prosecutor could create ...

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BOSTON — Former Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger has arrived at federal court in his hometown. Several black SUVs with a police motorcycle escort paused briefly in front of U.S. District Court in Boston on Friday before proceeding to a rear ...

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LOS ANGELES — Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger spent almost all of his 16 years on the lam in the same Santa Monica apartment complex, paying his rent in cash every month while he and his girlfriend hid from ...

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