Won't even look at you," David Wheeler, son of Roger Wheeler, who was assassinated by the Bulger gang in Oklahoma, told reporters after the hearing. The judge heard testimony from survivors of both the 11 people he was convicted of murdering, as well as family members of eight other killings that Bulger was charged but not found guilty. I forgive you." BULGER CLAIMS TRIAL A SHAM Bulger sat quietly in court throughout the proceedings and avoided looking at the people who testified. Bulger, do you have remorse for taking my father's life? I think you do. but hell must be too much to bear," Bond said. "Prison? You won't be there long enough to suffer for the crimes you have committed. "Today I hope we find some semblance of peace and closure." Theresa Barrett Bond, whose father Arthur "Bucky" Barrett was one of Bulger's victims, told Bulger she forgave him for his crimes, but worried he would not live long enough to serve meaningful time in prison. "In 1975, you called and said, 'Your father is not coming home for Christmas.' When asked who this is, you stated, 'Santa Claus,'" McGonagle said. Sean McGonagle addressed Bulger as "Satan" before recalling in 1974 how the defendant had murdered his father, Paul, when Sean was 11 years old. On Wednesday, the children and spouses of some of Bulger's victims described in the courtroom the toll that his crimes took on their lives. Federal prosecutors have asked her to sentence Bulger to two consecutive life terms without parole plus an additional five years. She is widely expected to send Bulger, whose story inspired the 2006 Academy Award-winning film "The Departed," to prison for the rest of his life. District Court Judge Denise Casper said she planned to issue her sentencing decision on Thursday. After a two-month trial that brought back memories of a dark time in Boston's history, when machine-gun-toting gangsters assassinated rivals in broad daylight, shook down businessmen and buried bodies in shallow graves, Bulger in August was convicted in a sweeping racketeering trial of committing 11 murders during the 1970s and 1980s. District Court in Boston on the first day of a sentencing hearing for the 84-year-old former leader of the city's Winter Hill gang heard little in return as Bulger uttered only one word, "no," when asked by a judge if he had anything to say. By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Mobster James "Whitey" Bulger heard a range of emotions on Wednesday from families of the people he was convicted of killing, with the son of one of his victims addressing Bulger as "Satan" and another warning him "hell must be too much to bear." But the 12 people who spoke at the U.S.
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