Whitey' Bulger

2022 - 10 - 18

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Former mob enforcer Kevin Weeks takes the stand in wrongful ... (WCVB Boston)

Kevin Weeks, mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger's right-hand man, took the stand Monday during a wrongful conviction civil suit against the state.

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Jury awards man $33 million over wrongful conviction after trial ... (The Boston Globe)

In a swift and sweeping verdict, a Suffolk Superior Court jury ordered the state to pay $33 million to Fred Weichel for the nearly 36 years he spent in ...

[hovered over the trial](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/03/metro/whitey-bulger-hangs-over-trial-south-boston-man-seeking-compensation-wrongful-conviction/?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link), with Weichel testifying that Bulger threatened to kill him and his family if he ever mentioned a man suspected in the slaying. The cloud of notorious South Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger The jurors ruled in favor of Weichel on all questions.

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