now, whitey bulger, 83 years old. as you're looking at this, the most he could get is a life sentence. really, if you're looking at any amount of time, it looks like whitey bulger will be spending the rest of his life in prison. so waiting as it comes in. it's coming in kind of shorthand here. we're having to look through it. >> kristen, let me give you a break. i'll recap here while you collect what you've got. count one has come in guilty. that's racketeering conspiracy. also, count two has come in as guilty. that's racketeering substantive offense. under that count of count two means there are subsections, which then the jury needs to go through and decide that if the government has proven its case, as opposed to saying guilty or not guilty, the onus is being on proved or not proved. then the jury has to go through and decide that on all these subcounts against whitey bulger. if they had found him to be not guilty of count two of racketeering, they wouldn't have to go through that litany of other charges beneath th

obviously whitey bulger was in there. what happened? >> whitey bulger was in there. he walked in as he did every day, looked for family members who usually sit in the front row. only his niece was there. he turned, sat very stoically. he watched as the judge read the verdict privately to herself. and then he stood as that verdict was read. he was found guilty of 31 of the 32 counts, including racketeering, extortion, money laundering, and weapons charges. but what was so fascinating was when it came time to go over the 19 murders, for some of the families, there was finally a sense of justice. for other family members, there was not. the jury found that evidence showed that he was involved in at least 11 of the murders. that was a unanimous decision they had to return. but in seven of the murders, they said there simply wasn't enough evidence to show that bulger had either acted on his own, was a co-conspirator, or aided and abetted. what's so fascinating is that testimony was government's eyewitnesses. his former henchmen whoger had e in this and bulger had a role i

criminal defense attorney and federal prosecutor and i want to bring in the author of this book "whitey bulger," which we represented on the show. bulger was found guilty for 11 murders but he was not specifically charged with murder. why? >> very interesting situation. the feds have the ability to prove these cases a lot more easily than local state authorities. the state of massachusetts could have charged him with stand alone murder charges in each of these murders, but the federal rules of evidence make it easier to get evidence into evidence and also by being able to charge him with all of these crimes, they were kind of able to dirty him up in front of the jury, as opposed to doing one by one in a murder case that would be harder to prove. in the end they wind up probably with the same sentence, life in prison. he'll probably die in prison. so it probably a good tactic. but the federal government, the u.s. attorney's office have a much higher conviction rate than state prosecutors. that's why this was done. >> kevin cullen of the "boston globe," you wrote an extensive book about the tria

for sharing it with us. >> thank you so much. >> shepard: with the defense attorney now for "whitey" bulger speaking live. let's listen. >>> jim bulger was very pleased at how the trial went, and even pleased by the outcome. i don't think he expected that nine times the jury would come back and say not guilty or not proven. it was important to him that the government corruption be exposed, and important to him that people see firsthand the deals that the government was able to make with certain people. with that as what he was looking for from a trial, he is very pleased. >> call it a sham -- [inaudible] >> he has a strong feeling he should have been able to present his defense. but presenting his immunity defense was only one of his goals in this trial. it's rare you can achieve all of your goals, and so the fact he was able to highlight the corruption, that he was in the middle of, as well as the corrupt, obscene deals made with certain witnesses, should be something that informs all the citizens about what happens behind the scenes in a federal prosecution. >> shepard: the trial is over.

we have some of whitey bulger's family members there.hey're still waiting for the defendant to get into that courtroom. also, a lot of the victims' families are there. we have a producer inside. forgive me if i keep checking my phone here. we're waiting for any word from inside that courtroom of what the verdict is. this jury had the case for 32 1/2 hours, but they had a lot to consider. 32-count racketeering indictment, that included 19 murders and more than a dozen acts of extortion, drug trafficking among other charges. a lot for them to consider. they deliberated now for five days. after 35 days of trial, they heard from 72 witnesses. so this has been going on for some time. at times it got heated in the courtroom. 83-year-old whitey bulger now being brought back into the courtroom. so we're waiting to hear the verdict. we'll continue to keep an eye on things and get back to you as soon as we know anything. >> all right, kristen. thank you very much. we'll check in with you as we await the verdict in the whitey bulger trial. >>> we m

it's straight out of a screen play. >> that's been the whitey bulger saga.tuff up. one of the things that gets lost in all this, though, is this case, this whitey bulger story is an indictment of the way fbi operates. and bulger was able to manipulate at least two fbi agents and undermine the system. and i think that has gotten lost in the story of whitey bulger in this trial. >> kevin, tell us, remind us what became of whitey bulger's girlfriend, the woman with whom he was on the lam and living in santa monica. >> cathie greg was sentenced to eight years in the same courthouse years ago. she went out as the tammy wynette of south boston. she stood by her man, didn't say anything. of course, talking to a lot of the families here, the victims' families, they know whitey bulger stashed money all over the country, if that all over the world. he had safety deposit boxes in dublin, london, paris. so they're saying, where's the money in does cathie know? does his brother, billy, the former politician know? does his brother, jack, here every day for the trial, did

[applause] >> boston mob boss whitey bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 criminal charges. his sentencing zathe date is set for november 13. at 83 years old, mr. bulger could spend the rest of his life in prison. we talked about the case with kevin cullen, author of the book bulger." the co-author of "whitey bulger, and the manhunt that brought him to justice." to start off with, who is whitey bulger and why is he on trial? guest: he's probably the pre-eminent gangster -- gangster of our time. what is most significant about w -- what is most significant about him with anyone else you would put in a pantheon of crime figures is that he corrupted the f.b.i. the f.b.i. was helping him identify people to murt in the 19 -- murder in the 1980's and even in the 1970's. he was recruited by the f.b.i. in 1975 because the f.b.i. had a national policy set of taking out the mafia. and all over the country the f.b.i. recruited criminals that would know something about the mafia. one problem with the national policy is that it does not take into account regional differences. and unlike an

course of this trial alleged people were killed because they were planning to inform on james whitey bulgerther members of his criminal gang. as we go forward towards further racketeering act, these are also more murders that bulger is alleged to have participated in. number 11. not proven. that is the murder of francis buddy leonard. racketeering act number 12. that is murder of richard castocci. he was nightclub owner in his late whos and once again, they were concerned allegedly prosecutors say, that the fbi would be tipped off because this individual had information. racketeering acts, number 13, also proved. that murder of roger wheeler. now this is a case that got a particular amount of attention over the course of prosecutors as they work to bring this case against whitey bulger. he was a tulsa millionaire and was killed in oklahoma leaving a country club. he had been particular wealthy and also ran legal businesses in florida as well. he was gunned down outside the country club in a vehicle he was heading to. gunned down like other alleged victims over the course of many years. this

whitey bulger considered him like a son. and i asked him, do you hate whitey bulger? and he said, "no, whitey bulger made me who i am." so those experiences added up to something, he's out of a life of crime, but listen to what he told me. as bulger's mob enforcer, kevin weeks said he buried the bodies and moved the cash. weeks was one of the government's star eyewitnesss. -- eyewitnesses. last month he came face to face with his one-time crime partner. >> he wasn't the same guy i knew. i mean, he's a lot older, but he had no life in his eyes. he was subdued. he had changed. he just kind of lost the spark. >> reporter: weeks turned against his former boss after learning bulger, who ran a murderous criminal enterprise for 20 years, had spent much of that time as a government informant. the kind of man bulger always referred to as a rat. during the trial, weeks and bulger cursed each other after a defense question about weeks' role and his regrets. >> basically, when he asked me, he said, you have no regrets in life? nothing bothers you? i say, you know what bothers me,

well, we're also joined by ex-mobster john red shay, a former associate of whitey bulger. good to see you. you've called bulger a coward and a rat. were you surprised when bulger decided not to testify? >> no. as i said last week to don lemon, that he wasn't going to take the stand, and don't believe the hype from what his lawyers were saying because it was just manipulation on his part. >> why didn't you think he was going to take the stand? >> because they would have ate him alive if he got on the stand. mr. fitzpatrick -- fitzgerald understands about that. the government basically ate him alive. you know, you go on the stand, and you give these people a chance to attack you if you have any discrepancies in your story, it's going to come out. >> he called the trial a sham. wouldn't he want to set the record straight? >> yes, exactly, but he didn't want to get beat up on the stand. that's what it came down to. >> red, let me ask you this, why do you think the fbi protected bulger for so many years? >> well, because he was giving them plenty of information. mr. fitzgerald

he grew up in the same neighborhood as whitey bulger and became his hammer. secuted for racketeering and was convicted in 2002. then he was prosecuted beyond that in florida for helping whitey murder somebody. he is doing 40 years for murder in florida right now. he was the only agent ever held accountable here at one agent named paul rico was very corrupt and did these things in the 1960 costs. he was under indictment for a murder and oklahoma of a legitimate businessman who was murdered in 1980 one. he died while awaiting trial. he was in custody. prosecutor later went on to investigate the cia and torture cases, and he got up there and promised he would issue a report that would identify other fbi agents and supervisors who committed crimes in this conduct. the judge who is one of the few heroes in this tale exposed the level of corruption 10 years after my newspaper exposed whitey as an informant in the first place. the judge forced the fbi to admit in 1997 that it was true. they lie for years, denying this. 661ruling was a mammoth page opus on this case.

whitey bulger created a persona that wasn't reality.nk what we saw in this trial and this evidence, this is the real whitey bulger. he is a despicable individual. >> kevin, were you surprised that he did not take the stand in his own defense? i asked that. it's common in criminal trials. but in this case, it seemed like this guy had a story he wanted to tell. >> i think he did. but in the same time, michael, i wrote a column the day after he did not testify. and i said at the end of the day, whitey bulger is a bully, and all bullies are cowards. i don't think he had the courage to stand up and say what he did. more, he did not want to submit himself to cross-examination when prosecutors would have brought out he had been a snitch as far back as 1956 when he gave up his bank robbery accomplices. >> was he a snitch, and did he kill women? >> well, a jury found today that he killed deborah hasse. the jury cod co. not reach a verdict on the killing of deborah davis, the girlfriend of his long-time criminal associate steve flemmi. but as i s

loyalty did mean everything, and that takes us to how the story starts, whitey cultivated as an fbi informant. he grew up to the bulger family who recruits whitey to be the fbi informant. >> the age of john conley. what was interesting, and, you know, there's so many interesting aspects about the story whether it's, you know, even the stuff where he's part of the cia project, while in prison, you know, who knows what the lasting effects of giving him lsd was. >> you'll hear that in the trial, believe me. >> yeah, but, you know, the really striking thing is this intertwined corruption of the mob and fbi if you can separate them in this case. they fought. did they think they made an informant from him or just a bad idea corrupt at the core? >> what's chilling, and i talked about this while mapping the book, could it have happened in any other city? my belief is no. there's no other city whether it's talking about new york, chicago, philadelphia, cleveland, l.a., atlanta, no city where you have the two strands of organized crime, one irish, one italian, and in all the other cities, the mafia is by far bigger, more powerf

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whitey bulger, the legend died. he was supposed to be a guy who would never rat and it turns out he was a rat. >> for years and years and years. >> he said if he ever got caught, he would get on the stand and let it all hang out. and in the end, he didn't get on the stand. there were too many bad days for too many years but today is a good day for the good guys. >> what does the fbi do when it comes to informants? informant, the reason they can inform are bad guys. >> you don't let them kill, that's one thing. and the fbi let him kill 19 people. >> joe is 100% correct. there were procedures that were in place back then. they weren't followed. they need to be followed. you need to treat informants like you would treat nuclear waste. >> okay. joe, is there any chance that there's some kind of similar situation happen being riging r when it comes to informant and the fbi or any other law enforcement, dea, et cetera? >> the answer is yes, it's possible because our government is so big. >> is it likely? >> i don't know t

three decades ago was among the family members of the victims present throughout the trial. >> whitey bulger pretty much almost destroyed my family in every category. >> reporter: jurors decided the evidence showed bulger was involved in 11 of 19 murders. found him not involved in 7 and couldn't agree on one. the death of 26-year-old deb la davis. >> my family has to live every day, and the rest of the families have to live every day with the fact that they lost a loved one. >> reporter: the 83-year-old defendant showed no reaction. a stark contrast to the seven-week trial filled with explosive profanity laced exchanges, dramatic testimony from bulger's longtime associates, including steven "the rifleman" flenney. even an outburst from the defendant himself who called the proceedings a sham. >> mr. bulger knew as soon as he was arrested that he was going to die behind the walls of a prison. >> bulger went on the lam in 1994 evading law enforcement for 16 years. and ultimately landing a place on the fbi's most wanted list. authorities finally caught up with him two years ago outside a santa m

whitey. the bulger family is apparently not ashamed of whitey. him again and talk to him, which was actually never going to happen if whitey's plan to live out his days on 3rd street in santa monica had worked. and now billy doesn't have to lean on the fifth amendment next time someone asks where his brother is. and so the story of the bulger brothers ends, with billy and whitey together again, with nothing left to lose because whitey, the cowardly punk with a gun, the murderer, the rat, lost it all for himself and his little brother billy. and they should always be remembered in southie and everywhere else as the losers that they are. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means

whitey. the bulger family is apparently not ashamed of whitey. they all get to see him again and talk to him, which was actually never going to happen if whitey's plan to live out his days on 3rd street in santa monica had worked. and now billy doesn't have to lean on the fifth amendment next time someone asks where his brother is. and so the story of the bulger brothers ends, with billy and whitey together again, with nothing left to lose because whitey, the cowardly punk with a gun, the murderer, the rat, lost it all for himself and his little brother billy. and they should always be remembered in southie and everywhere else as the losers that they are. oh this is soft. this is so so soft. hey hun, remember you only need a few sheets. hmph! [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use less. ♪ charmin ultra soft is made with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. plus you can use four times less. hope you saved some for me. mhmm! you and the kids. we all go. why not enjoy the go with

james"whitey" bulger is found guilty. we will meet the man who made it all the way to san francisco after getting a double long transplant. -- double lung transplant.

i'm anne-marie green. 83-year-old boston mob boss whitey bulger is to be sentenced november 13th after being convicted for 11 murders and dozens of other crimes many of them while he was an fbi informant. the verdict came nearly two years after bulger was captured living in california, after spending 16 years on the run. jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: a police escort whivnged away james "whitey" bulger after a jurisdiction found him guilty of 11 counts of murder and a slew of racketeering charges. the verdict came as no surprise to the 83-year-old. >> mr. bulger knew, as soon as he was rested, that he was going to die behind the walls of a prison. >> reporter: the jury deliberated five days. scott was juror number 5. >> if you can believe the testimony, you know, and believe what you heard, i don't know how you couldn't find the person guilty. >> reporter: but not all of the jurors didn't believe the testimony they heard, especially that of john martorano a former hit man who got a plea deal from the government to testify against bulger. >> there was one juror that constantly sai

whitey bulger found guilty. alan, i was hoping you could pick up on that point, actually, that his attorney was making. how good a job did the defense do in this case? there was a very strange scenario when they were making their closing arguments where they essentially admitted that whitey bulger was guilty of many of these crimes, but he did so with the consent of the fbi. so how good of a job did the defense do in this almost impossible case? >> i think having been in that situation on a number of occasions and having tried similar kinds of cases, at least cases where you have witnesses with extraordinary inducements to testify, i think they did the best possible job. one of the difficulties they had was mr. bulger apparently did not want them to admit or go into what he was doing for the fbi, the fact he was a confidential informant for the fbi. so they were basically faced with the task -- and i think what they did, they did very well. essentially what they tried to do is the traditional defense, which is t

white why with the book is "whitey bulger: "america's most wanted" gangster. "we have a few minutes for questions. we have to use the mic. >> was whitey and his brother fans of -- hicks. since he was a reader did he read the book about his the that covered boston during the heyday? common ground? did he express and opinion? >> i believe he did. and yes, they were big fans of hicks. and there was a book when he went on the -- run the fbi seized belongings. a teacher had written. i'm not sure -- i don't think common ground was among those. he read all of those and wrote about how much he hated -- it was interesting in the book she mentions the bombing of the jfk birthplace. they found whitey's copy of the book. next to the section he writes in the margin of the book, too bad ted wasn't in the house mary joe would have been happy. you know. >> nice guy. >> he would make a great -- [inaudible] >> your book shows us truth is stranger than fiction. i think the soprano is nothing unwhat this could be if we were watching it. i want you to ask you step away from the rol

. >> ifill: boston mob boss "whitey" bulger was found guilty of a string of 11 murders and racketeering. how the jury reached its verdict. >> woodruff: and in our continuing look at surveillance and privacy in america. tonight, we explore how law enforcement keeps tabs on our movements by photographing our license plates. >> it's privacy, there's no question about that. you don't get the amount of law enforcement, you get the amount that you can tolerate. none of these technologies come without tradeoffs. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the nation's chief law enforcement officer said today it's time to scale back tough pr

>> whitey bulger, as we would say in the law, is generous. he's very similar, ironically, to gregory scarpa sr. who's the principal of my book. he was a top everybochelon info and he was protected by the bureau because of this thought that he would give them information that would make him more valuable than being on the streets. he was vicious. his killing partner steve phlegmy admitted that he had killed his adopted daughter, deborah hussie, who he raised from the time she was three. he had sex with her since she was a teen. these are the kind of people we are dealing with. by the way, my opinion why the jury's been out so long, because the government, the pest they can do is to produce guys like flemmy, kevin weeks and john muldarano. they have to weigh their words and their checkered past against whitey who sat there silent bely in his sneakers and jeans and sweaters. he may have been glaring, but in fact they have to trust whether or not the government's witnesses who are equally as culpable should be believed. >> peter, there are a lot

james "whitey" bulger is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. his brother, the president of the massachusetts senate, did not attend the trial. more news on "france 24. we are reacting to the election in mali. >> this is the first election after 18 months of conflict, and really, the whole country was holding its breath until one of the front runners, soumaila congratulatedy the future president, ibrahim .oubacar keita, known as ibk he even went to his house to congratulate him even before they official results were in. this processed by this was proof a new molly was on -- new mali was on its way. a rapper was interviewed. this was before the official results came out, but he wrote a song calling on people to come out and vote, and he said even though the election was very successful in the way it was handled, it is not the only worry that mali and the priority should be to stabilize the country, turned the page to stop insecurity, and in the long run, politicians need to restore trust. he says there is no more trust toward the political class

. >> suarez: the rollicking trial of alleged boston mob boss "whitey" bulger approached its end today. margaret warner looks at closing arguments in the trial of the man prosecutors call "one of the most vicious, violent, and calculating criminals" to walk the city's streets. >> ifill: mandolin virtuoso chris thile has delighted fans by blurring genres. jeffrey brown talks with the mcarthur genius grant winner about his latest move from bluegrass to bach. >> when you talk about bach, you're talking about the greatest musician who ever lived. we've so far removed from someone being in a situation where they could dance to bach. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pb

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