Jury Begins Deliberations in Bulger Trial

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August 06, 2013

This June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James "Whitey" Bulger, who fled Boston in 1994 and wasn't captured until 2011 in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. Bulger's defense team is expected to call its final witnesses Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 during his trial in federal court in Boston. Bulger, 83, is accused of participating in 19 murders in the 1970s and '80s while leading the Winter Hill Gang. He has pleaded not guilty. (AP Photo/ U.S. Marshals Service, File) — This June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James "Whitey" Bulger, who fled Boston in 1994 and wasn't captured until 2011 in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. (AP Photo/ U.S. Marshals Service, File)

The fate of reputed Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger now rests with the jury. After nearly 90 minutes of instructions from Judge Denise Casper, eight men and four women filed into the jury room this morning armed with documents and charts to help them sift through Bulger's 32 charges, and decide on a verdict. And so the waiting begins.

Guest

Shelley Murphy, reporter for the Boston Globe and co-author of “Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt that Brought Him to Justice.”

This segment aired on August 6, 2013.