Whitey Bulger's family filing wrongful death suit against the DOJ, nearly a year after the Boston gangster was beaten to death in federal prison.
The family of James"Whitey" Bulger signaled its intent Friday to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the Justice Department, nearly a year after the Boston gangster was beaten to death in federal prison.
"We believe that James Bulger was deliberately placed in harm's way," the family said in a statement provided to ABC News by their attorney Hank Brennan."There is simply no other explanation for the transfer of someone in his condition and inmate status to be placed in the general population of one of the country's most violent federal penitentiaries."
"Instead, he was transported to USP Hazelton, where he was murdered within hours of arrival," the family's statement said.The FBI has been investigating Bulger's death, but has yet to bring any charges. The family said its notice of claim is meant to get answers.
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