WGBH's Adam Reilly and defense attorney Anthony Cardinale, who has represented members of the Irish mob, joined Emily Rooney to discuss Bulger's reunion in court with Stephen Flemmi, who is serving as a witness for the prosecution.
Why would Flemmi testify if he was still never getting out? I wouldn't and wouldn't care if I were killed in prison. Better than doing life in that environment.
@@chicoassmaster4293 ..... I wouldn’t talk unless they were letting me out. Tommy Pitera didn’t talk either. The death penalty was on the table, but it’s extremely difficult to get a Jury to give the death penalty unless you’re an infamous serial killer.
john wayne i agree, especially now that bulger was set up for slaughter in prison. FBI informants are protected in prison, like flemmi and gravano, etc. bulger was hated by the corrupt FBI agents who collected money from bulger for info,.and made them look like the criminals that they are. there won't be any investigation of bulgers slaughter by the FBI, that's for sure.
Cardinale's memory is a bit fuzzy on some things. It was Flemmi that recruited Bulger around the mid-70s. Flemmi preceded that. Taken off top-echelon status when on the lam then reinstated when returned. But stayed in contact with Rico and Condon while gone. Flemmi's respected brother was also an informant.
My Dad was Steve Flemmi's Right hand Man for many many Years till my Dad died May 1999 believe me I can tell you many stories from the early 70s Till the Day Steve got caught trust me I was in Plymouth when Steve Frank Johnny and Bobby Da Luca were there and we were in the same cell one day when they were going to court and believe me if eyes could kill John Mattoramo looked like he wanted to kill .