‘Whitey’ Bulger’s former FBI handler eligible for parole in 1982 slaying
Former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. will have a chance to argue for parole later this month after serving a little more than nine years in prison for his role in a 1982 slaying in Florida orchestrated by James “Whitey” Bulger.
In 2008, Connolly was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of John Callahan, a Boston businessman, and sentenced to 40 years in prison. But Connolly, 76, is eligible for early release because the slaying occurred in 1982, before tougher sentencing laws were adopted in Florida.
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