The arraignment came after Bulger’s lawyer J. W. Carney Jr. asked a judge to appoint his law partner to help him defend the 81-year-old Bulger.
This is an updated version of a story posted at 8 a.m.
James 'Whitey' BulgerBOSTON – Former reputed crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a racketeering indictment that accuses him of participating in 19 murders.
The plea in Boston federal court Wednesday by Bulger, a former FBI informant, came 16 years after he fled following a federal agent’s warning on a separate, pending indictment.
Bulger escaped prosecution until he was captured last month in California.
J. W. Carney Jr.The arraignment comes after Bulger’s attorney asked a judge to appoint his law partner to help him defend the 81-year-old Bulger.
J.W. Carney Jr. was appointed last week after a magistrate judge found Bulger to be indigent. Carney is asking that attorney Janice Bassil be appointed to help him with a case he says has a “host of complex legal issues.”
More details coming on MassLive and in The Republican.