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BOSTON — Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who escaped prosecution for 16 years until he was caught last week in California with more than $800,000 in cash, was given a taxpayer-funded attorney Thursday after a judge concluded that he is unable to pay for his own lawyer.
Bulger’s provisional attorney said no one in Bulger’s family had come forward and offered to help him financially. He also said authorities have seized all of Bulger’s assets as the proceeds of illegal activity, leaving him with no way to pay for his defense.
