Crime & Safety

Bulger To Be Sentenced Thursday

Family members of Bulger's victims testified in court Wednesday.

Prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Denise Casper to sentence James "Whitey" Bulger to two life terms, plus five years, in prison, according to Reuters.

Bulger, the convicted Boston mobster, will be sentenced at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Bulger appeared in Boston's federal court Wednesday to hear testimony from family members of his victims.

Family members called him a "rat," a "punk" and a "coward," according to Boston.com.

Other's called him "Satan" and a "bag of jailhouse rags," BostonHerald.com reported.

A jury in August found Bulger was guilty of 11 murders, racketeering, conspiracy, money laundering and firearms charges.


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