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The Florida Commission on Offender Review voted 2-1 Tuesday to reject a request for a hearing on whether John Connolly Jr. should be sent back to prison.
Former FBI agent convicted of helping James ‘Whitey’ Bulger orchestrate 1982 slaying granted medical release Shelley Murphy © Alan Diaz In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, former FBI agent John Connolly listened to the testimony during his trial in Miami, Fla. The Florida Commission on Offender Review granted him medical release Wednesday and he will be released from prison after serving nearly 19 years. John J. Connolly Jr., a former FBI agent convicted of helping James “Whitey” Bulger orchestrate the 1982 slaying of a gambling executive in Florida, was granted medic...
Bulger handler John Connolly may be medically released from Florida prison By Gal Tziperman Lotan Globe Staff,Updated February 14, 2021, 6:45 p.m. Email to a Friend In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, former FBI agent John Connolly listened to the testimony during his trial in Miami.Alan Diaz/Associated Press John J. Connolly Jr., the former FBI agent convicted of helping James âWhiteyâ Bulgerâs gang in a Miami murder plot, could be a free man for the first time in almost two decades after he goes before Florida prison officials Wednesday for a hearing to consider a compassionat...