Whitey Bulger writes teens in letter: 'My life was wasted', Previous Boston wrongdoing supervisor James "Whitey" Bulger had some guidance for three Massachusetts secondary school young ladies who kept in touch with him for a history venture: Crime doesn't pay.
The 85-year-old sent the transcribed letter, dated Feb. 24, from government jail in Florida where he is serving two lifelong incarcerations, The Boston Globe reported Sunday (http://bit.ly/1ID2mrE).
"My life was squandered and spent absurdly, brought disgrace and enduring on my guardians and kin and will end soon," Bulger composed.
He went ahead to compose: "Counsel is a modest item some look for it from me about wrongdoing — I know one and only thing without a doubt — If you need to make wrongdoing pay — 'Go to Law School,'"
Bulger, a previous FBI witness whose case conveyed examination to the office, was sentenced in 2013 on racketeering charges that included assuming a part in 11 killings. He put in 16 years as one of the country's most needed outlaws before he was caught in California in 2011. His legal advisors are engaging his conviction in the eyes of the government offers court in Boston one month from now.
Three 17-year-old understudies at Apponequet Regional High School in Lakeville picked him for their National History Day rivalry section on administration and legacy.
One of the understudies, Brittany Tainsh, said she was shocked to get his letter.
"It wasn't what we were expecting by any stretch of the imagination," she said. "He didn't generally answer to any of our genuine inquiries. He was exceptionally conciliatory."
She and comrades Michaela Arguin and Mollykate Rodenbush said they picked Bulger for their undertaking to attempt to emerge among alternate sections and to find out about somebody they hadn't considered in school. They posted the letter on a site they made about Bulger's life.
Bulger grumbled in the letter that he is "a myth made by the media" partially to hurt his sibling William, a previous president of the state Senate and of the University of Massachusetts. He said his sibling is "A Better Man than I." Whitey said he himself dropped out of school in ninth level and "took the wrong street."
Patricia Donahue, whose spouse was shot to death by Bulger in 1982, told the Globe the letter doesn't express regret for his casualties.
"I don't believe he's changed by any stretch of the imagination," she said.
Bulger's attorney declined to remark.
The understudies' undertaking took in front of the rest of the competition in the locale, yet didn't put in the state rivalry, however it won two extraordinary grants. Robert Powers, the social studies instructor administering the undertaking, said the young ladies took an inventive danger that succeeded regardless of the fact that they didn't win.
"They have added to our verifiable comprehension of Whitey Bulger, and to me, that is the thing that this project is about," he
The 85-year-old sent the transcribed letter, dated Feb. 24, from government jail in Florida where he is serving two lifelong incarcerations, The Boston Globe reported Sunday (http://bit.ly/1ID2mrE).
"My life was squandered and spent absurdly, brought disgrace and enduring on my guardians and kin and will end soon," Bulger composed.
He went ahead to compose: "Counsel is a modest item some look for it from me about wrongdoing — I know one and only thing without a doubt — If you need to make wrongdoing pay — 'Go to Law School,'"
Bulger, a previous FBI witness whose case conveyed examination to the office, was sentenced in 2013 on racketeering charges that included assuming a part in 11 killings. He put in 16 years as one of the country's most needed outlaws before he was caught in California in 2011. His legal advisors are engaging his conviction in the eyes of the government offers court in Boston one month from now.
Three 17-year-old understudies at Apponequet Regional High School in Lakeville picked him for their National History Day rivalry section on administration and legacy.
One of the understudies, Brittany Tainsh, said she was shocked to get his letter.
"It wasn't what we were expecting by any stretch of the imagination," she said. "He didn't generally answer to any of our genuine inquiries. He was exceptionally conciliatory."
She and comrades Michaela Arguin and Mollykate Rodenbush said they picked Bulger for their undertaking to attempt to emerge among alternate sections and to find out about somebody they hadn't considered in school. They posted the letter on a site they made about Bulger's life.
Bulger grumbled in the letter that he is "a myth made by the media" partially to hurt his sibling William, a previous president of the state Senate and of the University of Massachusetts. He said his sibling is "A Better Man than I." Whitey said he himself dropped out of school in ninth level and "took the wrong street."
Patricia Donahue, whose spouse was shot to death by Bulger in 1982, told the Globe the letter doesn't express regret for his casualties.
"I don't believe he's changed by any stretch of the imagination," she said.
Bulger's attorney declined to remark.
The understudies' undertaking took in front of the rest of the competition in the locale, yet didn't put in the state rivalry, however it won two extraordinary grants. Robert Powers, the social studies instructor administering the undertaking, said the young ladies took an inventive danger that succeeded regardless of the fact that they didn't win.
"They have added to our verifiable comprehension of Whitey Bulger, and to me, that is the thing that this project is about," he
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