Judge sets November trial for Whitey Bulger

2012-02-14 05:21:28

BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge set a November 5 trial date for accused former Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger on charges that include 19 murders over objections from his attorney who wanted at least a year to prepare his defense. Attorneys for Bulger said in court on Monday they would need more time to process the mountains of evidence in the case, including roughly 580,000 pages of documents and 921 tapes of wiretaps. Upon setting the trial date, Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler said s... Full Article at Yahoo News »