Bulger Sentenced to Two Life Terms (U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 2013)

Press release of November 14, 2013: Judge Denise J. Casper sentenced James J. Bulger in Boston to two consecutive life terms plus five years and $19.5 million in restitution.

Date: 2013-11-14
Kind: press-release
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A press release of the United States Department of Justice. A federal work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

Press release of the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, November 14, 2013. “In U.S. District Court in Boston today, James J. Bulger was sentenced for operating a criminal enterprise that was responsible for the murder of 11 people.” Judge Denise J. Casper “sentenced Bulger to two consecutive life terms plus five years and $19.5 million in restitution.”

The release quotes the judge at sentencing: “The scope, the callousness, the depravity of your crimes, is almost unfathomable.” It repeats the August 12, 2013 verdict.

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