Talk:John Connolly (FBI)

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Family

Ref "He is the brother-in-law of Arthur Gianelli who is married to Mary Ann Moore, the sister of Connolly's wife Elizabeth." ... why is this important / in the article? Who is Arthur Gianelli? Hardnfast (talk) 14:37, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because of the subsequent property purchase the two allegedly made together, this may be important but it is unsourced, as is most of the article, so judging it's accuracy and relativity is difficult. Since it is unsourced, the assertion can be deleted. Veriss (talk) 06:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No Citations or Sources for most of this poorly-written article

This is an article about a living person and must be thoroughly cited and sourced. Regretfully, entire sections of very hard work are subject to deletion if they are not sourced. Please see WP:BLP for information about this policy. Veriss (talk) 06:31, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Release Date

The last two sentences of this article are:

... Connolly will spend the rest of his life in prison.[3]
He is currently in FCI Butner Low facility at the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner in North Carolina, and is projected to be released June 28, 2011.[2]

If both sentences are correct, whoever wrote the second to last sentence must know that Connolly will die in the next 4 days. The source for the second to last sentence (ref #3) is a CNN article written in 2009 stating that Connolly was sentenced "to 40 years in prison". The source for the last sentence is the Bureau of Prisons website, which does say that Connolly is projected to be released on "06-28-2011", but whoever added that citation (ref #2) claims it was retrieved on 2011-06-27, which is 3 days in the future.

Reading the bop.gov FAQ (http://www.bop.gov/inmate_locator/faqs_locator.jsp), "even if a projected release date does exist, it may indicate the date the individual is released to another jurisdiction or to another sentence of imprisonment - not the date the inmate will be released to the community." So perhaps "projected to be transferred on June 28, 2011" would be a better wording. Although, since we don't know where he'll be transferred, and the fact that he's being transferred isn't really that interesting, I think I'll just remove that part of the last sentence and fix the 'retrieved' date on the reference. Onlynone (talk) 15:57, 24 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Lots of help

Argh. This article needs lots of help, that I don't have the time to give. English needs to be cleared up, sections need reorganizing, and citations added. There is plenty written on Connolly, and Bulger's trial may bring added interest.... Jed (talk) 04:24, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Parole

"Under Florida sentencing guidelines, Connolly must serve at least one-third of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Unless his sentence is reversed, he will not be eligible for parole until 2021." These sentences should be updated. 71.81.193.131 (talk) 02:05, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]