Closing arguments begin in Bulger trial    |   Aug. 5, 2013 at
1:04 PM  Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Wyshak told jurors to stay
focused when deciding whether Bulger, 83, is guilty of the 32
counts against him, which include his role in 19 murders,
extortion, money laundering, racketeering and stockpiling guns,
USA Today reported.  "You need to keep your eyes on the ball.
Don't be distracted by the [defense] with irrelevant issues,"
Wyshak said, referring to the defense's claim of corruption in
the Boston FBI during the 1970s and 80s when Bulger allegedly
committed the crimes he's charged with.  Wyshak blamed the
corruption on a few "bad apples," including John Connolly and
John Morris, whom Bulger was an informant for.  "It doesn't
matter whether James Bulger was an informant when he puts a gun
to the head of Arthur Barrett and pulls the trigger," Wyshak
said. "Whether he's an informant or not, he's a murderer."
"Bodies had piled up. South Boston had been flooded with drugs,"
Wyshak told the jury. "The last