Fugitive’s Brother Must Forfeit State Pension
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The state’s highest court ruled in Boston that a brother of fugitive mobster James “Whitey” Bulger must forfeit his $65,000 state pension because he admitted lying to grand juries investigating the gangster’s disappearance.
Lawyers for John Bulger, 67, a retired court clerk magistrate, had argued that his crimes were based on family loyalty and didn’t affect his job. The Supreme Judicial Court disagreed.
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