The former leader of the WInter Hill gang, James (Whitey) Bulger was found guilty in 31 of 32 counts that included murder and racketeering charges on Monday.

Bulger, while at the head of the gang, terrorized South Boston in the 70s and 80s, went on the run in the mid-1990s and would evade justice for 17 years until being apprehended in 2011 with over $800,000 stashed in the walls of his home and an arsenal of weapons at his disposal.

He was captured at the age of 83 in Santa Monica, California on the other side of the country from where he carried out numerous murders and other organized crimes such as drug dealing and extortion over two decades leaving behind him hundreds of ruined lives. He had been tipped off by a corrupt FBI agent in 1994 that he was being indicted.

Even though he was not found guilty of eight counts of murder in one of the charges, he was found guilty of 11 other counts of murder by a jury after five days of deliberation during a months-long trial where he pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Bulger did not take the stand in his defense in the trial that lasted six and a half weeks. But 63 witnesses for the prosecution and 15 witnesses for the defense would be heard by a jury of his peers.

Witnesses for the prosecution included Bulger’s lieutenant Kevin Weeks, Bulger’s former partner Stephen Flemmi, also known as “the Rifleman,” and convicted hitman John Martorano, each would tell of the gruesome murders that Bulger carried out, approved or ordered. Flemmi had previously pled guilty to 10 murders in a plea deal to escape the death penalty. He is serving the rest of his life in prison. Martorano ihas completed his 12 year federal sentence even though he admitted to killing 20 people.

During the end of his trial, Bulger told the judge hearing his case while the jury was not present, “I feel that I’ve been choked off from having an opportunity to give an adequate defense. My thing is, as far as I’m concerned, I didn’t get a fair trial, and this is a sham, and do what youse [sic] want with me. That’s it. That’s my final word,” Bulger said.

Bulger will most likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.