Catherine Greig, the girlfriend who spent years on the run with notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced today to eight years in prison by a federal judge who said that Greig had aided “someone accused of the most serious crimes imaginable” to evade capture by law enforcement.
“We’re all responsible for what we do,” US District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock told Greig at her sentencing hearing. “We all make choices.”
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Yes, this woman deserves a longish sentence for her felonious support of a serial killer she was 'in love' with. But, the crimes she is accused of do not in any way allow for a death sentence. A 10-year prison sentence for a 61-year-old person is not technically a capital sentence, but there is also a better than 50-50 chance she would never get out of prison alive. And as bitter as they may be, the relatives of Bulger's victims should have no... repeat... no... say in the Grieg case.
Even at 61 years of age, eight years is very lenient indeed. If nothing else, consider all the expense we've gone to trying to find Bulger, all the manpower, all the while Grieg has been enjoying life in Santa Monica.
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Well, it's 8 years, and, chances are, she'll be paroled in 4. But sympathy? Why? Because she's 61 and may die in prison? That was her choice. She made it as an adult. She knew the consequences. She knew her boyfriend was a cold-blooded killer. She aided and abetted his time on the lam. The judge said that "We all make choices." She made hers. Tough luck.
boatwrote, Are you saying that she has only a 50/50 chance of completing her sentence because she might die in prison during those 8 years? I do agree that the relatives of the victims, although I certainly have much sympathy for some of them, should have no say. I don't believe in victim impact statements. I think that they are interfering with the jury and judge's thought processes and are sensationalistic - not because they are not heartfelt and often true statements, but because they add to the bias in sentencing. I think that they are inappropriate. But I also feel that the judge hit it on the button when he said she had had a choice and chose the wrong one. Everyone must agree that it was inexcusable what she did, and laughable that the defense attorney said she loved him and that's why she stayed with him. Love? I don't think it was true love. How can you love that poor excuse for a human being?
No comment, just a few questions for a followup story. Does she get time off for good behavior? Does she get credit for time served? Where will she serve her sentence?
Whitey's 82. Add 8. No conjugal visits to Whitey. Whitey's 90 and still in prison. Love it.