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Week in Review: Lord, Bulger, Hernandez
ResumeToday's somber weather matches the mood of this week's news, from the chilling cross-examination of James "Whitey" Bulger's long-time partner Stephen Flemmi, to a postponed probable cause hearing for former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, to the horrific kidnapping and murder of a young South Boston woman. We discuss these stories in our Week in Review.
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Callum Borchers, business reporter for The Boston Globe.
Peter Ubertaccio, chair of the political science department and director of the Joseph Martin Institute for Law & Society at Stonehill College.
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WBUR, "According to police, Lord is one of three women attacked in fewer than 24 hours in that neighborhood. In the first attack at 5 a.m., a woman was punched in the face. An hour later, at 6:00 a.m., Lord was captured on video at the the first ATM."
WBUR, "Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez will be back in court next month after a judge agreed to delay a probable cause hearing to allow prosecutors more time to present evidence to a grand jury."
WBUR, "One of prosecutors’ key witnesses in the murder and racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger takes the stand for the fifth day Wednesday. Stephen Flemmi, a convicted murderer and Bulger’s former criminal partner, will face more questions from the defense."
This segment aired on July 26, 2013.