Judge Denise Casper weighed in , asking , `` Why ca n't both be true ? '' James `` Whitey '' Bulger faces 19 counts of murder . A 700-page FBI file says he was an informant , ratting out criminal fugitives . He is accused in the murders of two Boston police officers and a U.S. senator who were gunned down during a robbery at his South Boston, Massachusetts home on April 19, 1975. The prosecution says the claim is `` a ridiculous contention ''
James `` Whitey '' Bulger faces 19 counts of murder . A 700-page FBI file says he was an informant , ratting out criminal fugitives . He is accused in the murders of two Boston police officers and a U.S. senator who were gunned down during a robbery at his South Boston, Massachusetts home on April 19, 1975. The prosecution says the claim is `` a ridiculous contention ''