How the James ‘Whitey’ Bulger jury ruled, charge by charge
After 35 days of testimony, jurors in the racketeering and murder trial for James “Whitey†Bulger deliberated for more than 32 hours over five days on the charges against the former mob boss.
The eight men and four women were asked to decide whether Bulger, 83, was guilty on 32 counts including racketeering, murder and money laundering. On Monday, they found him guilty of all but one of those 32 counts. He was convicted of 11 of 19 murders and two counts of racketeering plus six acts of extortion.
Here are the verdicts, charge by charge:
Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy: Guilty
Count 2: Racketeering: Guilty
To find Bulger guilty of racketeering, jurors unanimously had to agree the prosecution proved at least two of the following:
Act No. 1: Conspiracy to murder members of the Notorangeli group: Not proved
Act No. 2: Murder of Michael Milano: Not proved
Act No. 3: Murder of Al Plummer: Not proved
Act No. 4: Murder of William O’Brien: Not proved
Act No. 5: Murder of James O’Toole: Not proved
Act No. 6: Murder of Al Notorangeli: Not proved
Act No. 7a: Conspiracy to murder James Sousa: Not proved
Act No. 7b: Murder of James Sousa: Not proved
Act No. 8: Murder of Paul McGonagle: Proved
Act No. 9: Murder of Edward Connors: Proved
Act No. 10a: Conspiracy to murder Thomas King: Proved
Act No. 10b: Murder of Thomas King: Proved
Act No. 11: Murder of Francis “Buddy†Leonard: Not proved
Act No. 12: Murder of Richard Castucci: Proved
Act No. 13a: Conspiracy to murder Roger Wheeler: Proved
Act No. 13b: Murder of Roger Wheeler: Proved
Act No. 14: Murder of Debra Davis: No finding
Act No. 15: Murder of Brian Halloran: Proved
Act No. 16: Murder of Michael Donahue: Proved
Act No. 17a: Conspiracy to murder John Callahan: Proved
Act No. 17b: Murder of John Callahan: Proved
Act No. 18: Murder of Arthur “Bucky†Barrett : Proved
Act No. 19: Murder of John McIntyre: Proved
Act No. 20: Murder of Deborah Hussey: Proved
Act No. 21: Extortion conspiracy: Proved
Act No. 22: Extortion of Richard O’Brien: Proved
Act No. 23: Extortion of Kevin Hayes: Not proved
Act No. 24: Extortion conspiracy: Proved
Act No. 25: Extortion of Michael Solimando: Proved
Act No. 26: Extortion of Stephen Rakes and Julie Rakes: Proved
Act No. 27: Extortion of Richard Bucheri: Proved
Act No. 28: Extortion of Raymond Slinger: Not proved
Act No. 29: Conspiracy to distribute narcotics: Proved
Act No. 30: Concealment of money laundering: Proved
Act No. 31: Concealment of money laundering: Proved
Act No. 32a: Concealment of money laundering: Proved
Act No. 32b: Concealment of money laundering: Proved
Act No. 33: Concealment or promotion of money laundering transfer: Proved
The jury also ruled on the these charges:
Count 3: Extortion conspiracy: Guilty
Count 4: Extortion: Not guilty
Count 5: Concealment of money laundering conspiracy: Guilty
Counts 6-26: Concealment of money laundering: Guilty
Count 27: Concealment or promotion of money laundering: Guilty
Count 28: Possession of firearms in furtherance of violent crime: Guilty
Count 29: Possession of machine guns in furtherance of violent crime: Guilty
Count 30: Possession of unregistered machine guns: Guilty
Count 31: Transfer and possession of machine guns: Guilty
Count 32: Possession of firearms with obliterated serial numbers: Guilty
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