The line is an apparent reference to William Bulger, who was pressured in 2003 by Governor Mitt Romney to resign as UMass president after being grilled by a congressional committee about his relationship with his gangster brother. He complained that he is “a myth created by the media to help them generate Revenue and to hurt a relation because they didn’t appreciate his independence and daring to support an agenda they opposed.” The tiny cursive letters stay neatly on the white-lined paper and he uses capital letters, quotation marks and long dashes to make his points - though little other punctuation. He is currently serving two consecutive life prison terms.īulger’s one-page missive, which notes at the top that it was penned at 1:10 a.m. I’m sure he doesn’t have any remorse about anyone he’s hurt or killed.”īut Donahue did agree with at least one thing he wrote.īulger’s lawyer, Hank Brennan, declined to comment on the letter or Bulger’s frame of mind.Ī federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments July 27 on Bulger’s request to have his 2013 conviction overturned. “All he cares about is his family, which is probably one of the only normal things about him. “I don’t think he’s changed at all,” Donahue said, noting that Bulger’s letter only referred to the suffering of his own family, not that of his victims or their families. He was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011 after more than 16 years on the run, and convicted two years later in federal court in Boston of participating in 11 murders in the 1970s and 1980s while running a sprawling criminal enterprise that raked in millions from drug trafficking and extortion.īulger’s letter did not sound remorseful or conciliatory to Patricia Donahue, whose husband, Michael, was shot to death by Bulger in 1982 while giving a ride home to a friend who was the gangster’s intended target.
They posted Bulger’s letter on the website they created, which chronicles his life as a gangster, FBI informant, fugitive, and convicted killer. A copy of the letter James “Whitey” Bulger sent to the three teens.
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