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Siwsan

(26,262 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 03:17 PM Jun 2015

'My life was wasted and spent foolishly': Whitey Bulger

Wow. I truly never thought those words would be spoken by that man.

'My life was wasted and spent foolishly': Whitey Bulger sends letter of advice to three high school students

Former Boston crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger had some advice for three Massachusetts high school girls who wrote to him for a history project: Crime doesn't pay.

The 85-year-old sent the handwritten letter, dated February 24, from federal prison in Florida where he is serving two life sentences.

'My life was wasted and spent foolishly, brought shame and suffering on my parents and siblings and will end soon,' Bulger wrote.

Three 17-year-old students at Apponequet Regional High School in Lakeville, Massachusetts, had written him as part of their National History Day competition entry on leadership and legacy.

He went on to write in his letter: 'Advice is a cheap commodity some seek it from me about crime — I know only one thing for sure - If you want to make crime pay - "Go to Law School",'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3142322/Whitey-Bulger-writes-teens-letter-My-life-wasted.html#ixzz3eNzQefKm

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'My life was wasted and spent foolishly': Whitey Bulger (Original Post) Siwsan Jun 2015 OP
Wow. Just like Rocky Sullivan in Angels w/Dirty Faces when he "turns yellow" for the Dead End Kids aikoaiko Jun 2015 #1
"Go to Law School". I love it. Cleita Jun 2015 #2
"If you want to make crime pay - Go to Law School" friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #3
Who’s the Bigger Criminal, Whitey Bulger or the FBI? Octafish Jun 2015 #4

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)
1. Wow. Just like Rocky Sullivan in Angels w/Dirty Faces when he "turns yellow" for the Dead End Kids
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 03:21 PM
Jun 2015

I hope his message is received.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
2. "Go to Law School". I love it.
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 03:50 PM
Jun 2015

If you are criminally inclined, then you will know how to do it legally, like our banksters do.

 

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
3. "If you want to make crime pay - Go to Law School"
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 03:50 PM
Jun 2015

I'll just leave this here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Bulger

He attended Boston College Law School, from which he received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 1961.
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