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 Assistant US Attorney and Acting US Attorney, opposed clemency for the four innocent men who were framed by the FBI throughout the 1980s. Meanwhile Bulger's criminal career flourished with Mueller and the FBI removing his rivals from the streets. Exculpatory witnesses were murdered. | 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 Assistant US Attorney and Acting US Attorney, opposed clemency for the four innocent men who were framed by the FBI throughout the 1980s. Meanwhile Bulger's criminal career flourished with Mueller and the FBI removing his rivals from the streets. Exculpatory witnesses were murdered. |