Former mob hero turned convicted murderer John Connolly took to the stand today at his sentencing trial after he had remained silent during his two month trial. In an interview published today in The Boston Globe, he affirmed his innocence even though a jury has concluded that indeed he did help orchestrate the murder business exec John Callahan in 1982, and was paid by the mob to cover it up.Â
"I did not commit these crimes I was charged with,'' Connolly said. "I never sold my badge. I never
Former FBI agent John Connolly was convicted of second-degree murder in a Miami courtroom last month, and that was the last we thought we'd heard of him. Apparently not, because his lawyers have filed a legal brief asking for the conviction to be thrown out, according to the Boston Globe. His lawyers are arguing there's a four-year statute of limitations on second-degree murder, unless it's committed with a firearm. Since Connolly didn't actually commit the murder, and hence didn't possess th
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