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US seeks decade sentence for Mass. mobster’s lover

By Denise Lavoie
Published June 8, 2012 8:56pm ET
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US seeks decade sentence for Mass. mobster’s lover
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Catherine Greig, the longtime girlfriend of Whitey Bulger captured with Bulger June 22, 2011, in Santa Monica, Calif. In a sentencing memo filed in court Friday, June 8, 2012, federal prosecutors asked that Greig, 61, be sentenced to 10 years in prison for helping him evade authorities during 16 years on the run. Sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, June12. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service, File) | Anonymous

BOSTON (AP) — The longtime girlfriend of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger should spend 10 years in prison because she knowingly protected one of the region’s most violent criminals for more than 16 years, federal prosecutors said Friday.

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