Sister asks for leniency for Boston gangster's girlfriend
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The twin of a woman who went on the run with gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has asked a judge to be lenient while sentencing her sister on a criminal contempt charge.
Catherine Greig (grehg) is already serving an eight-year sentence for helping Bulger avoid capture during his 16 years as a fugitive. Bulger and Greig were captured in California in 2011.
Greig pleaded guilty in February to a contempt charge for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating whether others helped Bulger, too.
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Her twin, Margaret McCusker, wrote to the judge who will sentence Greig on April 28. She says Greig has no prior criminal record, has "not a violent bone in her body" and has already received an "unprecedented" sentence.
Bulger is serving life in prison.