Notorious Drug Trafficker Darryl Whiting's Life Sentence Reaffirmed

BOSTON, MA - Notorious drug trafficker Darryl Whiting had his life sentence reaffirmed Wednesday, upholding a sentence handed out in 1990.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris found that Whiting still poses a threat, according to U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz’s office.

Whiting was originally sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of running a 100-person drug ring which ran roughshod over the Orchard Park public housing development in Boston. Whiting claimed at the time of his trial that he was a legitimate business man.

A recent change in federal sentencing guidelines made it possible for Whiting to be granted a reduced sentence unless the court saw him as a threat.

Whiting in 2013 published his book about a man who is released from prison on a technicality and doubles down on his criminal empire, torturing those who testified against him.

Whiting said the book was “purely fictional.”