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FILE - This undated file photo shown during court proceedings in the Miami Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 shows John Martorano, who was questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly. Connolly was accused of helping the Boston mob murder Miami gambling executive John Callahan in 1982. Martorano testified for a second day during the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in federal court in Boston. Bulger is charged in a racketeering indictment with participating in 19 killings in the 1970s and '80s as leader of the Winter Hill Gang. (AP Photo/Marice Cohn Band, Pool)

BOSTON (AP) - A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger has been grilled by Bulger's attorney about varying stories he told over the years about killings he says were orchestrated by Bulger and his gang.

John Martorano, who admitted killing 20 people, testified Wednesday in Bulger's racketeering trial in Boston.

Bulger's lawyer branded Martorano as a chronic liar, repeatedly pointing out inconsistencies between what he told investigators in the late `90s and what he told jurors this week.

Martorano wrapped up three days of testimony after prosecutor Fred Wyshak tried to rehabilitate him in the eyes of jurors. Wyshak went through 11 murders and asked him if he and Bulger were involved in each. "Correct," Martorano replied each time.

The 83-year-old Bulger is charged with playing a role in the killings of 19 people.


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    The Big Truth wrote...
    This trial will be ugly
    August 6, 2012 1:00 pm
    I can't wait to watch this trial. Whitey is going to bring everyone down & open ALOT of eyes to the wrongdoings of the FBI and our government. This will make the Fast & Furious case seem petty.
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    2cents wrote...
    Talk About Trials . . .
    October 25, 2012 8:29 am
    Why not a shred of that little story that rivals Watergate? You know, where the Whitehouse and the Press havd been feeding to US citizens that the Libyan Embassy incident was unpredictable, uncontrollable, and non-terrorist . . . and about which there is now deafening silence? Why not a shred of this proven, deliberate lie to the American people? Nixon is an angel by comparison.
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