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How the James ‘Whitey’ Bulger jury ruled, charge by charge

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After 35 days of testimony, jurors in the racketeering and murder trial for James “Whitey†Bulger deliberated for more than 32 hours over five days on the charges against the former mob boss.

The eight men and four women were asked to decide whether Bulger, 83, was guilty on 32 counts including racketeering, murder and money laundering. On Monday, they found him guilty of all but one of those 32 counts. He was convicted of 11 of 19 murders and two counts of racketeering plus six acts of extortion.

Here are the verdicts, charge by charge:

Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy: Guilty

Count 2: Racketeering: Guilty

To find Bulger guilty of racketeering, jurors unanimously had to agree the prosecution proved at least two of the following:

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Act No. 1: Conspiracy to murder members of the Notorangeli group: Not proved

Act No. 2: Murder of Michael Milano: Not proved

Act No. 3: Murder of Al Plummer: Not proved

Act No. 4: Murder of William O’Brien: Not proved

Act No. 5: Murder of James O’Toole: Not proved

Act No. 6: Murder of Al Notorangeli: Not proved

Act No. 7a: Conspiracy to murder James Sousa: Not proved

Act No. 7b: Murder of James Sousa: Not proved

Act No. 8: Murder of Paul McGonagle: Proved

Act No. 9: Murder of Edward Connors: Proved

Act No. 10a: Conspiracy to murder Thomas King: Proved

Act No. 10b: Murder of Thomas King: Proved

Act No. 11: Murder of Francis “Buddy†Leonard: Not proved

Act No. 12: Murder of Richard Castucci: Proved

Act No. 13a: Conspiracy to murder Roger Wheeler: Proved

Act No. 13b: Murder of Roger Wheeler: Proved

Act No. 14: Murder of Debra Davis: No finding

Act No. 15: Murder of Brian Halloran: Proved

Act No. 16: Murder of Michael Donahue: Proved

Act No. 17a: Conspiracy to murder John Callahan: Proved

Act No. 17b: Murder of John Callahan: Proved

Act No. 18: Murder of Arthur “Bucky†Barrett : Proved

Act No. 19: Murder of John McIntyre: Proved

Act No. 20: Murder of Deborah Hussey: Proved

Act No. 21: Extortion conspiracy: Proved

Act No. 22: Extortion of Richard O’Brien: Proved

Act No. 23: Extortion of Kevin Hayes: Not proved

Act No. 24: Extortion conspiracy: Proved

Act No. 25: Extortion of Michael Solimando: Proved

Act No. 26: Extortion of Stephen Rakes and Julie Rakes: Proved

Act No. 27: Extortion of Richard Bucheri: Proved

Act No. 28: Extortion of Raymond Slinger: Not proved

Act No. 29: Conspiracy to distribute narcotics: Proved

Act No. 30: Concealment of money laundering: Proved

Act No. 31: Concealment of money laundering: Proved

Act No. 32a: Concealment of money laundering: Proved

Act No. 32b: Concealment of money laundering: Proved

Act No. 33: Concealment or promotion of money laundering transfer: Proved

The jury also ruled on the these charges:

Count 3: Extortion conspiracy: Guilty

Count 4: Extortion: Not guilty

Count 5: Concealment of money laundering conspiracy: Guilty

Counts 6-26: Concealment of money laundering: Guilty

Count 27: Concealment or promotion of money laundering: Guilty

Count 28: Possession of firearms in furtherance of violent crime: Guilty

Count 29: Possession of machine guns in furtherance of violent crime: Guilty

Count 30: Possession of unregistered machine guns: Guilty

Count 31: Transfer and possession of machine guns: Guilty

Count 32: Possession of firearms with obliterated serial numbers: Guilty

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