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The case. >> jeff, what were you most interested in in terms of legal rulings, trials this year -- >> i mean, in terms of broader rulings, i thought the supreme court ending the vetter rights act is a hugely important case. the windsor case, a very opposite ideal decision that ended the defensive marriage. those were enormously important and one, we just got mentioned in passing, the bulger case which was an extraordinary story about a family that dominated boston for many years, and inkrepdble fbi corporation. >> corporation. >> the abuses that went on with the fbi. >> fbi turning for years a...

>> new information about the death of a massachusetts man who was once on the prosecution witness list in the trial of boston mobster whitey bulger. another twist to an already bizarre scenario, tests now show steven rakes, that's not the person on your screen. that's whitey bulger. but this man, steven rakes, his body was found in july. he drank iced coffee laced with cyanide and that caused his death. >> that's right. and authorities, by the way, say that this murder is not related to the bulger case but they are, as you said, now calling it a homicide. steven rakes was a potential witness i...

Guns and $800,000 in cash the feds found. but "whitey" bulger wants to hold on to one thing, a stanley cup ring that he got as a gift. molly is live out the courthouse. jurors had a lot to consider here. reporter: absolutely. i'm holding a seven-page verdict document. they okay. back back with guilty verdicts, 31 of the 32 counts. the most serious were the racket racketeers charging, and of the 19 murder allegations the injure said that 11 were approach and seven were not. so it was a bittersweet day here. the cases not proven, the stenmurders and another case there was no finding on one case....

Honor for rescuing wounded troops in afghanistan, now says the u.s. should save the man who stood by his side the entire time. the president awarded sergeant dakota the medal of freedom but the sergeant says the friend and afghanistan translate who are who helped him has been waiting for u.s.a. visa for years and says the man is facing threats from the taliban on a daily basis and says if the government does not approve the visa soon, he is sure to die. jennifer griffin with the news, live at the pentagon for us. this is an unusual case for a number of reasons. >> that's right. because this wa...

Shep. >> shepard: that's not exactly what is happening here. with news former prosecutor arthur aidala. >> the attorney general is saying there's language that you can put in a complaint or an indictment, the vehicles that we prosecutor people with, the paperwork, that triggers mandatory sentencing. so if the judge is sentencing somebody who he believes deserves a break, the judge is handcuffed, and basically holder is saying let's give the judges the freedom to make the decision based on the totality of the circumstances, not some ridge edlaws that were put into effect a while ago during the ...