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FORMER FBI AGENT CONNOLLY GUILTY

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Miami jurors ended a murder case twenty six years in the making as they convicted former FBI Agent John Connolly of second degree murder Thursday afternoon for the 1992 killing of  Jai Alia executive John Callahan.Connolly was acquitted of conspiracy to commit first degree murder. This clearly was a compromise verdict. Connolly either killed Callahan on orders from the Boston Mob to prevent Callahan from testifying about the Mob's role in the murder of Jai Alia owner Roger Wheeler, which would be premeditated murder, or he didn't. We wonder who asked for the lesser- the prosecution or the defense? The title of the post links to the Herald Article. Under the old guidelines, second degree murder was 12-17 years, but if memory serves us, 1982 was pre-guidelines...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 06, 2008 (boomark / email).