Everyone except maybe his brother Billy is disappointed Whitey Bulger didn’t take the witness stand in his own defense. Still, the trial produced many memorable quotes and exchanges. Here are some of them:
Stevie Flemmi, nicknamed “Dr. Mengele” by Whitey for his joy in pulling out the teeth of his victims’ corpses, on his treatment at MCI-Walpole: “I would have liked the conditions to be more humane. I mean I’m a human being. I think I would like to have a chair.”
Johnny Martorano, when asked about the Winter Hill Gang hierarchy.
Prosecutor Fred Wyshak: “So it was a democracy, so to speak?”
Martorano: “So to speak.”
Bulger attorney Hank Brennan to informant Flemmi: “Quid pro quo? Is that just Latin for rat?”
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