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BOSTON — The former FBI agent serving a 40-year prison sentence for alerting Boston mobster Whitey Bulger that he could be implicated in a murder is seeking to be released from prison on medical grounds. The Florida Commission on Offender Review will hear the request Wednesday from John “Zip” Connolly, who is being held at […]
The former FBI agent serving a 40-year prison sentence for alerting Boston mobster Whitey Bulger that he could be implicated in a murder is seeking to be released from prison on medical grounds.
[caption id="attachment_367183" align="alignleft" width="150"] Sen. Jeff Brandes[/caption] A bill to require most police interrogations to be recorded and to expand automatic reviews of long prison terms to “young offenders” as well as those sentenced as juveniles has passed the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. SB 232 is one of several criminal justice reform bills pushed by Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, in this year and in recent sessions. Brandes said the bill streamlines the medical conditional and aging relief programs for older inmates, e...