Sunday, April 21, 2013

4/20: Bulger's Bags

I know I'm a day late with it; however, this is going to be part of a running series, so....

"Convicted marijuana dealer loses US appeal" by Shelley Murphy |  Globe Staff, January 08, 2013

A federal appeals court has refused to overturn the decades-old conviction of a marijuana dealer who argued that FBI agents lied during pretrial hearings in his case to protect longtime ­informant James “Whitey” Bulger.

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit concluded Monday that even if the FBI withheld information about Bulger’s role in the 1983 arrest of Michael F. Murray, the case did not warrant a new trial or sentence ­because there was overwhelming evidence that Murray was guilty....

So the FBI is also involved in drug dealing when it isn't framing patsy plotters (who smoked weed?)?

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