Whitey Bulger writes teens in letter: 'My life was wasted', Previous Boston wrongdoing supervisor James "Whitey" Bulger had some guidance for three secondary school young ladies who kept in touch with him for a history venture: Crime doesn't pay.
The 85-year-old sent the written by hand letter, dated Feb. 24, from government jail in Florida where he is serving two lifelong incarcerations, The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/1ID2mrE ) reported Sunday.
"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 thing 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 source 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 criminals before he was caught in California in 2011. His legal counselors are engaging his conviction in the eyes of the government advances 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 passage on authority and legacy.One of the understudies, Brittany Tainsh, said she was dazed to get his letter.
"It wasn't what we were expecting by any means," she told the daily paper. "He didn't generally answer to any of our genuine inquiries. He was extremely contrite."
She and schoolmates Michaela Arguin and Mollykate Rodenbush said they picked Bulger for their venture to attempt to emerge among alternate sections and to find out about somebody they hadn't mulled over in school. They posted the letter on a site they made about Bulger's life.
Bulger griped in the letter that he is "a myth made by the media" to a limited extent 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." Bulger 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' venture took ahead of everyone else in the region yet didn't put in the state rivalry, however it won two unique recompenses. Robert Powers, the social studies educator directing the undertaking, said the young ladies took an imaginative 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 written by hand letter, dated Feb. 24, from government jail in Florida where he is serving two lifelong incarcerations, The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/1ID2mrE ) reported Sunday.
"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 thing 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 source 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 criminals before he was caught in California in 2011. His legal counselors are engaging his conviction in the eyes of the government advances 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 passage on authority and legacy.One of the understudies, Brittany Tainsh, said she was dazed to get his letter.
"It wasn't what we were expecting by any means," she told the daily paper. "He didn't generally answer to any of our genuine inquiries. He was extremely contrite."
She and schoolmates Michaela Arguin and Mollykate Rodenbush said they picked Bulger for their venture to attempt to emerge among alternate sections and to find out about somebody they hadn't mulled over in school. They posted the letter on a site they made about Bulger's life.
Bulger griped in the letter that he is "a myth made by the media" to a limited extent 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." Bulger 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' venture took ahead of everyone else in the region yet didn't put in the state rivalry, however it won two unique recompenses. Robert Powers, the social studies educator directing the undertaking, said the young ladies took an imaginative 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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