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Judge sentences mob kingpin Whitey Bulger to two life terms
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/14/judge-sentences-mob-kingpin-whitey-bulger-to-two-life-terms/
Judge sentences mob kingpin Whitey Bulger to two life terms
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, November 14, 2013 15:29 EST
A US judge Thursday sentenced notorious Boston underworld kingpin and reputed FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger to two life terms for 11 murders and dozens of other criminal charges.
Judge Denise Casper added extra five years to his sentence and ordered Bulger to pay $19 million in restitution for his victims.
At the age of 84, Bulger — a fugitive for 16 years before his arrest in California in 2011 — is likely to die in prison.
Casper told the US district court in Boston that the nature of Bulger’s crimes spanning 40 years was “unfathomable.”