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SO THOSE EXPERIENCES ADDED UP TO

SOMETHING, HE'S OUT OF A LIFE OF

CRIME, BUT LISTEN TO WHAT HE

TOLD ME.

AS BULGER'S MOB ENFORCE, KEVIN

WEEKS SAID HE BURIED THE BODIES

AND MOVED THE CASH.

WEEKS WAS ONE OF THE

GOVERNMENT'S STAR EYEWITNESSS.

LAST MONTH HE CAME FACE TO FACE

WITH HIS ONE-TIME CRIME PARTNER.

>> HE WASN'T THE SAME GUY I

KNEW.

I MEAN, HE'S A LOT OLDER, BUT HE

HAD NO LIFE IN HIS EYES.

HE WAS SUBDUED.

HE HAD CHANGED.

HE JUST KIND OF LOST THE SPARK.

>> Reporter: WEEKS TURNED

AGAINST HIS FORMER BOSS AFTER

LEARNING BULGER, WHO RAN A

MURDEROUS CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE

FOR 20 YEARS, HAD SPENT MUCH OF

THAT TIME AS A GOVERNMENT

INFORMANT.

THE KIND OF MAN BULGER ALWAYS

REFERRED TO AS A RAT.

DURING THE TRIAL, WEEKS AND

BULGER CURSED EACH OTHER AFTER A

DEFENSE QUESTION ABOUT WEEKS'

ROLE AND HIS REGRETS.

>> BASICALLY, WHEN HE ASKED ME,

HE SAID, YOU HAVE NO REGRETS IN

LIFE?

NOTHING BOTHERS YOU?

I SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT BOTHERS ME,

I SAID, WE KILLED FIVE PEOPLE.

AND HE SAID, AND THAT BOTHERS

YOU?

AND I SAID, NO, WHAT BOTHERED ME

IS WE KILLED PEOPLE FOR BEING

RATS AND I HAD THE TWO BIGGEST

RATS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

>> DEFENSE LAWYERS ARGUMENTED

THAT BULGER NEVER PROVIDED ANY

USEFUL INFORMATION TO THE

GOVERNMENT.

AND WEEKS TESTIFIED HE HAD SEEN

JIM BULGER MURDER DEBORA HUSSEY

WITH HIS OWN EYES.

>> I WALKED OUT AND THERE WAS

JIMMY STRANGLING HER.

SHE HAD WALKED IN THE HOUSE WITH

THE STEVIE AND JIMMY JUMPED OUT

AND STARTED STRANGLING HER.

AND HE KILLED HER AND THEN SHE

WAS BROUGHT DOWNSTAIRS AND, YOU

KNOW, ULTIMATELY BURIED.

>> DO YOU EVER THINK OF THE LOOK

ON DEBBIE HUSSEY'S FACE?

>> NO.

>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE LOOK?

>> NOT REALLY.

>> DO YOU REMEMBER BULGER AND

HOW HE REACTED AFTER?

>> HE LAID DOWN AND WENT TO

SLEEP.

>> WHY?

>> HE ALWAYS DID.

HE WAS NICE AND RELAXED.

>> Reporter: IN DECEMBER, 1994,

BULGER FLED SOUTH BOSTON AFTER A

CORRUPT FBI AGENT TIPPED HIM OFF

THE FEDS WERE CLOSING IN.

AFTER A WORLDWIDE MANHUNT,

BULGER WAS FINALLY ARRESTED IN

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, IN

2011.

>> WHITEY BULGER STOOD UP AND

SAID, HE DIDN'T GET A FAIR

TRIAL, IT WAS A SHAM.

HE HAD BEEN GIVEN IMMUNITY BY A

CORRUPT PROSECUTOR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?

>> I'LL EQUATE IT TO THIS.

HE GOT A FAIRER TRIAL THAN THE

PEOPLE WE KILLED.

>> DO YOU THINK JIM BULGER EVER

LIES AWAKE AT NIGHT THINKING

ABOUT THE KILL HE ALLEGEDLY

KILLED OR HE KILLED?

>> I THINK HE LIES AWAKE AT

NIGHT THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE

HE SHOULD HAVE KILLED AND DIDN'T

KILL.

>> IF JIM BULGER WERE SITTING

ACROSS FROM YOU RIGHT NOW, WHAT

WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY TO HIM?

>> NOTHING.

I'D HAVE TO SHOOT HIM, BECAUSE

HE'D BE TRYING TO SHOOT ME.

IF HE WAS SITTING THERE RIGHT

NOW.

>> Reporter: NOW, KEVIN WEEKS'

TESTIMONY AT THE TRIAL WAS ONE

OF TWO EYEWITNESS TESTIMONIES.

ALSO, BULGER'S FORMER HIT MAN

TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM.

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