Defense hammers 'ridiculous' evidence in Karen Read closing, says case is 'cooked'

Karen Read's pb defence lawyer Alan Jackson urged jurors to find her not blameworthy Friday successful a closing statement that disputed the prosecution's full timeline from the nighttime Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe died successful Canton, a suburb astir 20 miles southbound of the city.

Read, 45, is accused of slamming her 2021 Lexus SUV into her 46-year-old erstwhile fellow and leaving him to die connected the crushed successful a blizzard connected Jan. 29, 2022.

"There was nary collision," Jackson told jurors. "There was nary collision. There was nary collision."

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Defense lawyer Alan Jackson speaks to jurors during closing arguments successful the execution proceedings of Karen Read, astatine right, successful Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

He argued that a sloppy investigation, a deficiency of carnal grounds and witnesser grounds near a upland of tenable uncertainty successful the case. He said the commonwealth's lawsuit is "cooked" aft an adept investigation of O'Keefe's injuries and called the prosecution's clang reconstruction a "ridiculous bluish overgarment kindergarten project."

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The pb homicide detective got fired from the Massachusetts State Police and did not attest astatine trial.

Defendant Karen Read smiles earlier closing arguments during her execution proceedings successful Norfolk Superior Court, Friday, June 13, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. (Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

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Special authoritative Hank Brennan is up next.

The lawsuit is expected to spell to jurors aboriginal this day aft much than 30 days of testimony.

Although Judge Beverly Cannone asked for an earlier commencement than normal, tribunal kicked disconnected with a sidebar league that lasted implicit a half-hour.

Officer John O’Keefe poses for his authoritative headshot. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Reed, is presently connected proceedings for execution aft helium was recovered dormant extracurricular of a Massachusetts location successful January 2022. (Boston Police Department)

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Read's defence and Brennan are expected to crook up the vigor arsenic they anticipation to person jurors of their diametrically opposed claims astir what happened to O'Keefe. According to the defense, her conveyance ne'er deed him.

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Read faces 15 years to beingness successful situation if convicted connected the apical complaint of second-degree murder. If convicted of drunken driving manslaughter, she would look 5 to 20.