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Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend Gets 21 More Months in Prison
Source: Associated Press
Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend Gets 21 More Months in Prison
By DENISE LAVOIE, AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
BOSTON — Apr 28, 2016, 4:56 PM ET
The longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced Thursday to an additional 21 months in prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating whether other people helped Bulger while he was a fugitive.
Catherine Greig already is serving an eight-year sentence for helping Bulger while he was a fugitive. Greig spent 16 years on the run with him before they were captured in Santa Monica, California, in 2011.
Federal prosecutors had asked the judge to add a little more than three years to her prison time for her conviction on a criminal contempt charge. Greig's lawyer asked for leniency and said she should not get any more than six months.
"It is obvious that she is a kind, gentle woman who has literally done nothing bad in her life except fall in love with James Bulger and live with him for 16 years until their arrest," he wrote in a sentencing memo.
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By DENISE LAVOIE, AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
BOSTON — Apr 28, 2016, 4:56 PM ET
The longtime girlfriend of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced Thursday to an additional 21 months in prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating whether other people helped Bulger while he was a fugitive.
Catherine Greig already is serving an eight-year sentence for helping Bulger while he was a fugitive. Greig spent 16 years on the run with him before they were captured in Santa Monica, California, in 2011.
Federal prosecutors had asked the judge to add a little more than three years to her prison time for her conviction on a criminal contempt charge. Greig's lawyer asked for leniency and said she should not get any more than six months.
"It is obvious that she is a kind, gentle woman who has literally done nothing bad in her life except fall in love with James Bulger and live with him for 16 years until their arrest," he wrote in a sentencing memo.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gangsters-girlfriend-faces-prison-time-contempt-38724857