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Bulger lawyers try to show mob boss' friendly side with photos
Source: Reuters
Bulger lawyers try to show mob boss' friendly side with photos
By Daniel Lovering
BOSTON | Thu Aug 1, 2013 4:58pm EDT
(Reuters) - Photos that show James "Whitey" Bulger with poodles, parrots and at least one baby goat prompted the judge at his murder and racketeering trial to speculate that the notorious mobster may take the stand to try and show jurors his human side.
Judge Denise Casper said she thought defense lawyers asked to enter the photos as evidence "in anticipation of Mr. Bulger possibly taking the stand." Bulger, longtime head of Boston's Winter Hill crime gang, has been charged with participating in 19 murders, and speculation has been mounting that he may take the stand in his own defense.
Prosecutors spent the first seven weeks of the trial calling on former hit men, smugglers, and extortion victims who depicted the 83-year-old Bulger as a cold-blooded killer who ruled Boston's underworld in the 1970s and '80s.
Defense attorneys have been working to undermine that image. This week they filed a batch of photographs at the U.S. District Court in Boston showing Bulger relaxing with pets and friends.
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By Daniel Lovering
BOSTON | Thu Aug 1, 2013 4:58pm EDT
(Reuters) - Photos that show James "Whitey" Bulger with poodles, parrots and at least one baby goat prompted the judge at his murder and racketeering trial to speculate that the notorious mobster may take the stand to try and show jurors his human side.
Judge Denise Casper said she thought defense lawyers asked to enter the photos as evidence "in anticipation of Mr. Bulger possibly taking the stand." Bulger, longtime head of Boston's Winter Hill crime gang, has been charged with participating in 19 murders, and speculation has been mounting that he may take the stand in his own defense.
Prosecutors spent the first seven weeks of the trial calling on former hit men, smugglers, and extortion victims who depicted the 83-year-old Bulger as a cold-blooded killer who ruled Boston's underworld in the 1970s and '80s.
Defense attorneys have been working to undermine that image. This week they filed a batch of photographs at the U.S. District Court in Boston showing Bulger relaxing with pets and friends.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/01/us-usa-crime-bulger-idUSBRE9700ZN20130801
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