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Karen Read's attorneys revealed implicit the play the turning constituent astatine proceedings that they judge tanked peculiar authoritative Hank Brennan's credibility successful beforehand of the jury.
"My contiguous thought was, I deliberation helium conscionable mislaid the case," Read lawyer David Yannetti told Canadian lawyer and podcaster Ian Runkle implicit the weekend. "My contiguous thought was that was the biggest acquisition we could've been handed successful this trial. I wasn't acrophobic about, was it intentional? Was it an accident? Who knew astir it? Etc. The optics were terrible. It allowed Alan [Jackson], successful closing statement to benignant of rattle disconnected a litany of worldly that was suspect."
He was talking astir a misstep Brennan made portion questioning defence adept Dr. Daniel Wolfe astir holes successful the victim's sweatshirt – holes that a Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab technician enactment there.
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Karen Read gestures to supporters aft she was recovered not blameworthy of second-degree execution connected Wednesday, June 18, 2025 successful Dedham, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
"The 1 happening you don't privation to bash thing arsenic a trial lawyer is to committedness thing and past not present – but much importantly, accidental something's existent and it turns retired it wasn't," Yannetti said.
Jurors recovered Read not blameworthy of murder, manslaughter and fleeing the country of a deadly clang pursuing 2 Massachusetts trials successful the decease of her erstwhile boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe. They recovered her blameworthy of lone a drunken driving charge, for which she volition service a twelvemonth of probation.
"I was stunned that it occurred," Robert Alessi, different of Read's defence attorneys, told Runkle of the hoodie incident. "My bosom broke for a moment, but it was a millisecond and I went into overdrive successful respect to combating it."
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He demanded a mistrial with prejudice aft the gaffe. Judge Beverly Cannone denied his motion, but the defence plowed forward.
"These charges, they were unjust – they were unwarranted – successful my judgment," Alessi said. "At the commencement of the retrial, erstwhile radical were capable to assimilate the grounds and recognize it, my hope, adjacent my anticipation was the top-line complaint should've been withdrawn."
Officer John O’Keefe poses for his authoritative portrait. O’Keefe’s girlfriend, Karen Reed, is presently connected proceedings for execution aft helium was recovered dormant extracurricular a Massachusetts location successful January 2022. (Boston Police Department)
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The authorities went excessively acold connected a shaky case, Alessi said, and helium called connected voters to enact reforms.
"Spoiler alert – determination ne'er was a collision," helium told Runkle.
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Karen Read is surrounded by reporters arsenic she and her ineligible squad permission the Dedham, Massachusetts, courthouse aft the justice issued instructions to the assemblage successful Read's proceedings astatine Norfolk Superior Court connected Friday, June 13, 2025. (Josh Reynolds/AP Photo)
Several jurors person spoken retired astir however they reached their verdict, including 2 who were skeptical of the constabulary investigation, which included storing humor samples successful reddish Solo cups, mislabeled grounds bags and a fired pb investigator.
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Another juror, speaking with section WCVB-TV implicit the weekend, said she had gone into the lawsuit with an unfastened caput but was leaning toward a blameworthy verdict earlier changing her caput implicit 4 days of deliberations.
"We've got a large democracy, and I americium hopeful that the large radical of this state that I emotion volition instrumentality action, workout the close to vote, basal up, beryllium heard, and origin betterment to beryllium made," Alessi added.
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"And bash it successful a constructive way, a peaceful way, but an assertive way."
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