Laura J. Nelson

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge sentenced the longtime girlfriend of reputed Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger to eight years in prison Tuesday and fined her $150,000 for helping "someone accused of the most serious crimes imaginable."

Catherine Greig, 61, showed no emotion in the Boston courtroom as U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock told her she had plenty of time during her 16 years in hiding to understand the seriousness of her actions, according to The Associated Press.

"We're all responsible for what we do," U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock told Greig, before an audience that included the families of some of Bulger's alleged victims, the Boston Globe reported. "We all make choices."