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FILE - This file June 23, 2011 booking photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James &quot;Whitey&quot; Bulger, captured in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. Bulger is serving two life sentences after being convicted in 2013 of playing a role in 11 murders and a string of other crimes in the 1970s and ‘80s. Fred Weichel of Boston, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he said he didn't commit, has an ally in Bulger. In handwritten letters sent from jail in fall 2013, Bulger wrote that the real killer was an unnamed friend of Weichel. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File)

Whitey Bulger backs man’s efforts at freedom

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2003 file photo, Fred Weichel, serving a life sentence for a 1980 murder, sits in Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge, Mass., during a hearing to request a new trial based on a new evidence. Weichel, who has spent more than three decades in prison, is seeking a new trial in February 2014, saying he has corroboration for his claim that convicted gangster James “Whitey” Bulger framed him. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie, File)

Mass. man says Bulger framed him, seeks new trial

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press