Bulger’s Old Indictment Dropped to Focus on Racketeering
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Federal prosecutors dropped older charges against accused Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger so they can focus on “more serious” charges of murder and racketeering.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz in Boston won’t pursue a 1994 indictment of Bulger for extortion and instead will focus on accusations made in 1999 that he participated in 19 murders, according to a court filing. Bulger, 81, would spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted in connection with any murders with a predicate act of racketeering, Ortiz said in the filing.