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Karen Read defence moves for a mistrial again
Defense lawyer Robert Alessi called for a mistrial erstwhile again Monday, alleging "intentional misconduct" successful tribunal from peculiar authoritative Hank Brennan during Karen Read's 2nd execution trial. A anterior question was denied.
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Wearing 2 achromatic gloves and slamming his palms connected the podium Monday, Karen Read's defence lawyer Robert Alessi moved for a mistrial for a 2nd clip successful her retrial connected execution charges successful the decease of her erstwhile boyfriend, Boston bull John O'Keefe.
The exchange, based connected peculiar authoritative Hank Brennan's questioning of a defence witnesser regarding holes successful the backmost of O'Keefe's sweatshirt that were enactment determination by a authorities transgression laboratory employee, got Alessi trending among existent transgression followers connected X Monday afternoon, but it besides drew praise from defence attorneys who are not connected to the case.
Read's defence denies the prosecution's allegation that she killed O'Keefe by backing into him with her Lexus SUV amid a drunken statement and fled the scene. They person maintained that the conveyance ne'er struck him astatine all, and that thing other caused his injuries.
"If I'm Alessi, I'm throwing retired those missiles each time," said Louis Gelormino, a New York City defence lawyer.
Karen Read confers with defence attorneys Robert Alessi, left, and Elizabeth Little during her retrial successful Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 9, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
During a question proceeding without jurors present, Brennan asked the justice to instruct jurors astir his mistake alternatively than assistance the question for a mistrial.
"It appears that I made a mistake," helium said, conceding that a authorities criminologist made the holes and documented them successful her records.
Gelormino told Fox News Digital that the longer things play out, the amended disconnected Read volition beryllium – particularly if this proceedings ends without a verdict similar her archetypal one.
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"A 3rd trial, the region mightiness not wanna wage for," helium said. "They mightiness springiness her a plea astatine that point. The longer these things spell out, the amended it is for the defense. All the time."
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Read's archetypal proceedings ended with a deadlocked assemblage past year, prompting Judge Beverly Cannone to state a mistrial and the territory attorney's bureau to bring successful high-profile defence lawyer Brennan arsenic a peculiar prosecutor. His affluent and almighty clients person included the mobster James "Whitey" Bulger.
Defense lawyer Robert Alessi shows John O'Keefe's hoodie to the assemblage during the retrial of Karen Read successful Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 9, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
The defence moved for a mistrial earlier successful the 2nd proceedings arsenic good successful different contentious speech implicit O'Keefe's hoodie, arguing Brennan improperly brought up the lack of canine DNA grounds during cross-examination of a witnesser who claimed holes successful O'Keefe's sweatshirt were accordant with canine bites.
Cannone denied that question arsenic good arsenic the caller 1 Monday. A regular question seeking to person her declared not blameworthy aft the prosecution rested its lawsuit was besides denied.
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Karen Read and John O'Keefe airs successful an undated photo. (Karen Read)
Other ineligible experts raised doubts astir whether the misstep was a mistake oregon a calculated move.
"It is unfathomable that helium didn't cognize that the holes were made by his ain witness," said Mark Bederow, different New York City defence lawyer who is representing Read state Aidan Kearney, a Canton blogger. "And what astir the 2 different prosecutors sitting adjacent to him? Are we to judge they didn't cognize aft handling this lawsuit for 3 years?"
Unlike Brennan, they were moving for the territory attorney's bureau during her archetypal trial, which adjunct territory lawyer Adam Lally led.
"There are galore reasons wherefore a ample conception of the colonisation believes the probe and prosecution of Karen Read is unjust and lacks credibility," Bederow said.
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Aidan Kearney, the blogger known arsenic Turtleboy, walks towards tribunal anterior to assemblage enactment for the proceedings of Karen Read extracurricular Norfolk County Superior Court, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Charles Krupa/AP)
Canton police were cleared of Read's conspiracy allegations successful an autarkic audit completed conscionable earlier her 2nd proceedings began – but they made a bid of embarrassing missteps during the investigation, including storing DNA grounds successful reddish Solo cups and a market bag.
The pb homicide detective, Michael Proctor, mislaid his occupation with the Massachusetts State Police aft different probe recovered helium improperly shared delicate and confidential accusation successful a radical chat that included lewd and "inappropriate" messages astir Read that were work successful court.
Special authoritative Hank Brennan shows an grounds of John O'Keefe's sweat garment to adept Daniel Wolfe during the execution retrial of Karen Read successful Norfolk Superior Court, Monday, June 9, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
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"The prosecution has a higher modular due to the fact that they are expected to beryllium astir fairness and justness – which is what Brennan said to the property erstwhile helium took the case," said Grace Edwards, a Massachusetts proceedings lawyer who is intimately pursuing the case. "This was not a mistake by a seasoned attorney."
Prosecutor Adam Lally speaks successful tribunal during assemblage enactment of Karen Read's archetypal proceedings astatine Norfolk County Superior Court, Thursday, April 18, 2024, successful Dedham, Mass. (David McGlynn/New York Post via AP, Pool)
Brennan is tasked with overcoming the state's credibility issues and besides clean-up aft a witnesser for the commonwealth admitted she gave an incorrect connection to the expansive assemblage and the defence grilled different whose resume showed inflated credentials.
"He is good, but helium tin lone play the cards he’s dealt," said David Gelman, a Philadelphia-area defence lawyer and erstwhile prosecutor, who invoked OJ Simpson's high-drama 1990s proceedings aft Alessi donned achromatic gloves successful tribunal and past invoked his A-list defence again. "You tin beryllium Johnnie Cochran, and it won’t matter."
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Jack Lu, a erstwhile Massachusetts justice and present a instrumentality prof astatine Boston College, was much forgiving of the peculiar prosecutor.
"To the aspiring proceedings lawyer-law student, it shows that adjacent the top stumble," helium told Fox News Digital. "What a grueling occupation."
Dr. Elizabeth Laposata returns to the basal Tuesday for a 2nd time of grounds arsenic the defence nears an extremity to its case. She testified Monday that O'Keefe's skull fracture was accordant with a backward autumn – but thing else, perchance a fist, caused the chopped supra his close eye.
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Read could look up to beingness successful situation if convicted of the apical complaint of second-degree murder. She is besides accused of drunken driving manslaughter and leaving the scene.
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