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Whitey Bulger was convicted at the age of 81 of 19 murders over a lifetime as a [[Boston]] crime boss. The actual number of killings Bulger was responsible for is likely much higher. Bulger was an FBI informant against a rival gang, and later spent sixteen years on the run as number two on the FBI Most Wanted list, behind [[Osama bin Laden]]. Meanwhile, witnesses and evidence against Bulger disappeared.
Whitey Bulger was convicted at the age of 81 of 19 murders over a lifetime as a [[Boston]] crime boss. The actual number of killings Bulger was responsible for is likely much higher. Bulger was an FBI informant against a rival gang, and later spent sixteen years on the run as number two on the FBI Most Wanted list, behind [[Osama bin Laden]]. Meanwhile, witnesses and evidence against Bulger disappeared.
A former member of the [[Massachusetts]] parole and pardons board claimed four members of a rival gang had been framed by the FBI and Bulger for a 1965 gangland killing, and were unjustly convicted. Mueller, as an Assistant US Attorney and Acting US attorney, wrote letters to the parole and pardons board throughout the 1980s opposing clemency for the four innocent men framed by FBI. Meanwhile Bulger's criminal career flourished with Mueller and the FBI removing his rivals from the streets. Exculpatory witnesses were murdered by Bulger's gang.
A former member of the [[Massachusetts]] parole and pardons board claimed four members of a rival gang had been framed by the FBI and Bulger for a 1965 gangland killing, and were unjustly convicted. Mueller, as an Assistant US Attorney and Acting US Attorney, wrote letters to the parole and pardons board throughout the 1980s opposing clemency for the four innocent men framed by FBI. Meanwhile Bulger's criminal career flourished with Mueller and the FBI removing his rivals from the streets. Exculpatory witnesses were murdered by Bulger's gang.
In 2001 the four men were fully exonerated. The commissioner who maintained the four were innocent, framed by the FBI, and kept in prison by Mueller, was elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts. Mueller now was FBI director, the mayor and his administration found themselves targets of Mueller and the FBI in public corruption probes.
In 2001 the four men were fully exonerated. The commissioner who maintained the four were innocent, framed by the FBI, and kept in prison by Mueller, was elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts. Mueller now was FBI director, the mayor and his administration found themselves targets of Mueller and the FBI in public corruption probes.