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MEMBERS HAVE BEEN WAITING TECH
KA
-- DECADES TO SEE THE FATE.
THE VERDICT HAS COME DOWN FOR
REPUTED MOB BOSS JAMES "***"
BULGER.
YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE AWAITING
THE CRUSH TO COME OUT OF THE
FEDERAL COURTROOM WHICH IS WHERE
WE NOW KNOW THE VERDICT HAS BEEN
READ.
*** BULGER, THE TRIAL HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO MONTHS.
JURY HAS BEEN DELIBERATING THE
LAST FIVE DAYS.
THEY HAVE JUST REACHED A VERDICT
IN THIS TRIAL.
YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ***
BULGER FOUND GUILTY.
THE TWO COUNTS WE ARE REALLY
WATCHING FOR, THESE ARE THE
COUNTS.
HE FACES POSSIBLE MAXIMUM LIFE
IN PRISON.
AGAIN, WE SAY THE CAVEAT, THIS
MAN IS 83 YEARS OF AGE.
BUT THE RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY
AND THE RACKETEERING SUBSTANTIVE
OFFENSE, HE HAS BEEN FOUND
GUILTY ON BOTH THAT COUNT 1 AND
COUNT 2.
ASHLEIGH BANFIELD IS JOINING ME
FOR THIS BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE
AS IS OUR CNN LEGAL ANALYST,
SUNNY HOSTIN.
AND, LISTEN, THIS IS A LOT TO
SORT THROUGH.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COUNTS.
READING -- TALKING TO YOU, I'M
TRYING TO READ MY TWEETS TO SEE
DEBORAH FEYERICK TWEETING
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THESE
MURDERS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO
BACK TO THAT POINT.
SUNNY, YOU WERE MENTIONING THIS
WORD "PROVE."
THEY HAD TO PROVE OR NOT
PROVE -- HE WAS FACING 19
ALLEGATIONS THAT HE KILLED 19
DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE JURY HAS
FOUND -- THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT
HE HAS IN SOME CASES.
IN SOME CASES NOT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
WONKY.
BECAUSE FEDERAL RICO LAW CAN BE
A BIT DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
BUT HE'S ALREADY BEEN FOUND
GUILTY OF COUNT 1, WHICH IS A
RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY.
HE CONSPIRED TO DO CERTAIN ACTS.
HE WAS ALSO FOUND GUILTY OF
COUNT 2 WHICH IS WHICH ACT?
WHICH ACTS WAS HE FOUND GUILTY
OF CONSPIREING TO DO?
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ONLY NEEDS TO
PROVE TWO.
TWO ACTS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE
CONSPIRACY.
THEY PROVED A LOT OF THOSE ACTS.
SIX OF THEM INCLUDED *** OF
OTHERS.
SIX MURDERS IN ADDITION TO
OTHERS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS VERDICT
SHEET ALTOGETHER, BROOKE, HE WAS
FOUND GUILTY OF 31 OUT OF THE 32
COUNTS.
THIS IS A COMPLETE VICTORY FOR
THE GOVERNMENT.
SO NOT ONLY WAS HE FOUND GUILTY
OF MORE THAN TWO PREDICATE ACTS,
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COUNT
2.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 32 COUNTS.
HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 31.
AGAIN, A COMPLETE VICTORY FOR