As of September 2024,Black Massis streaming on Netflix.
In 2002,Connolly was officially convicted and sentenced to a decade in federal prison(viaThe Guardian).
Black Mass is an intriguing blend of classic gangster movie drama under the umbrella of an intimate Bulger biopic.
Still, the possibility of parole wasn’t out of the question.
The potential for parole added yet another wrinkle to an already-convoluted situation.
In 2021 a decade after finishing his federal prison sentence Connolly was officially granted parole from prison in Florida.
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Where Is John Connolly Now?
Initially, medical experts said Connolly had just a year to live, but that was several years ago.
Black Mass is a crime drama biography based on the true story of one of the most notorious criminals in U.S. History, Whitey Bulger. When Bulger’s turf is encroached on by a rival mafia family, the Angiulo brothers, the death of one of his own mafia family members leads him to join his long-time friend and become an informant for the FBI to exact his revenge - and push the Angiulo’s out of his turf.
