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Oct 8, 2008 8:38 am US/Eastern

Prosecution May Rest In Boston Mob Murder Trial

MIAMI (AP) ― The prosecution may rest in the murder trial of a former New England FBI agent accused of setting up the 1982 mob slaying of a Miami gambling executive.

John Connolly, 68, is charged with conspiracy and murder for allegedly providing James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi with information that led to the 1982 slaying in Miami of former World Jai-Alai president John Callahan.

Testimony indicated the gang wanted Callahan dead because Connolly feared he might implicate gangsters in the 1981 killing of an Oklahoma businessman who had owned World Jai-Alai.

Connolly faces life in prison if convicted. He is already serving a 10-year prison sentence for federal racketeering and other convictions related to his relationship with Bulger and Flemmi.

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