"Attorneys for former FBI agent John Connolly filed a motion in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Monday seeking to vacate his conviction, citing what they describe as newly discovered evidence that prosecutors failed to disclose for years. The material includes FBI reports documenting Bulger's statements and the unfinished handwritten manuscript the FBI seized during a search of Bulger's apartment after his 2011 arrest."
"In their filing, Connolly's lawyers say Bulger, who led Boston's Winter Hill Gang, asserted in the documents that Connolly didn't leak information to him that was used in the 1982 killing of businessman John Callahan in Miami, contradicting the prosecution's case against Connolly. Instead, Bulger identified another FBI agent, John Morris, as his mole, and described Connolly as a "sacrificial lamb," according to the filing."
"The attorneys claim Bulger was writing the manuscript to help clear Connolly's name. They also say Bulger's writings and FBI statements made after the mobster's arrest weren't previously disclosed to the defense."
Former FBI agent John Connolly's lawyers filed a motion to vacate his murder and racketeering conviction, citing newly discovered evidence from mobster James Bulger's handwritten manuscript and FBI reports. The documents, seized after Bulger's 2011 arrest, allegedly show Bulger stating that Connolly did not leak information used in businessman John Callahan's 1982 Miami killing. Instead, Bulger identified FBI agent John Morris as his actual informant source and described Connolly as a "sacrificial lamb." The defense claims prosecutors failed to disclose these materials for years. Bulger's manuscript, in which he reflected on his criminal life, was reportedly written to help clear Connolly's name. The motion emerged after a prosecutor resigned amid misconduct allegations.
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