James J. “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious gangster who rampaged through Boston’s underworld for decades before fleeing and eluding a worldwide manhunt for more than 16 years, participated in 11 murders, a federal jury found today as it handed down its verdict in a racketeering case that had riveted the city. A jury of four women and eight men returned to US District Court in Boston with their verdict this afternoon after 32 1/2 hours of deliberations over five days, bringing a resounding end to Bulger’s decades of evading justice. They found Bulger guilty of 31 of the 32 counts he faced. “So many people’s lives were so terribly harmed by the criminal acts of Bulger and his crew. … Today’s conviction does not alter that harm, and it doesn’t lessen it,” said US Attorney Carmen Ortiz. “However, we hope they find some degree of comfort in the fact … that Bulger is being held accountable for his horrific crimes.” Read more http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/08/12/bulgerverdict/1Kj1TAeB6WgVH00lFmufgL/story.html
