Whitey Bulger's friend and handler from the FBI is being released due to medical reasons (cancer?). Seems contradictory to those who applied and were denied due to medical reasons previously, Bobby Manna in particular. I read he has less than a year to live. So? That's my position

I missed the hearing and I agree 100 percent with you. Other older guys too with very serious medical conditions like Joseph DiNapoli (serving only 3 years on a gambling charge) who were denied as well.

Not surprising though about Connelly...predictable actually. If they release an Al Queda terrorist because he's obese and could fall victim to Covid, why not release a disgraced and corrupt former FBI agent? Different rules. ~LisaB

For the Gov, Connoly is the fed that helped the fbi to cripple the Boston mafia because in the 1970s after hoover death the Fbi was having pressure to fight Cosa Nostra and Connolly did it. I think that for many people he is an hero while Bobby Manna is only a mobster.

All good points, I personally think they all should stay in jail, but what's good for one is good for all. As usual the government uses an arbitrary thought process to everything and every decision to makes. nothing is ever consistent. leave them all in jail do the time or let them all out.

Hero? He helped Bulger and Flemmi literally Murder and Rape Women........ Flemmi was fucking his 13 year old step daughter and later murdered her.....Bulger was molesting kids as well..fucking disgusting!!

Louie its all relative,the feds wanted to destroy the mafia and Connolly did the job;many in the Boston squad know Connolly methods and called Cannolli,but the mob was the élite and the bulger and the irishmen was a means to reach an obiettive for the other how cares,after all they was a bunch of animals.

connolly was in florida state sytem, the others mentioned were in fed system, or definetly not in florida system...i think hes a piece of shit , lowest of the low, im just pointing out cant compare to guys in the fed

I know this but I explained a possible point of view of the LE on Connolly case,for sure he made a deal with criminals for sent to prison other criminals,definitly a shame for the FBI.

You knew the Feds would bail their boy out eventually. The G is worse than the mobsters they try to lock up half the time. They'll use meth heads to set up a pot dealer.

He's the opposite of a hero. His tipoff got an innocent father of three murdered in broad daylight. Unforgivable. Total P.O.S.

Remember that ugly terror attorney Lynn Stewart ?? Her doctor told the court that she only had up to 18 months to live and they released her and she lived like 4 years...

He didn't show any compassion for the people he helped kill, why should he be given any compassion ??