By DENISE LAVOIE
FILE – This June 23, 2011 booking file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. Federal prosecutors argued Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 that Bulger “deserves no mercy” and asked a judge to sentence him to two consecutive life sentences, plus five years, in a string of murders and extortions. Bulger, the 84-year-old former leader of the notorious Winter Hill Gang, was convicted in August after spending more than 16 years on the run. (AP Photo/ U.S. Marshals Service, File)
BOSTON (AP) — The son of a man killed by James “Whitey” Bulger is calling him “Satan” and a “domestic terrorist” as the Boston gangster prepares to be sentenced for a string of killings.
Sean McGonagle is the son of Bulger victim Paul McGonagle. He was the first of at least a dozen family members expected to speak at Bulger’s two-day sentencing hearing, which started Wednesday.
Prosecutors are seeking two consecutive life sentences for the 84-year-old. He was convicted in August in a broad indictment that included racketeering charges in a string of murders in the 1970s and ’80s, as well as extortion, money-laundering and weapons charges.
McGonagle also called Bulger a sad, lonely and irrelevant old man.
Bulger can speak at his sentencing if he wants to, but it’s not known if he will.
