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1 week ago |
wcvb.com | David Bienick
Over the first seven days of testimony in the high-profile retrial of Karen Read, a new lead prosecutor has introduced new evidence and changed the order of witnesses but the combative tone and high stakes remain. Read, 45, of Mansfield, a former adjunct professor at Bentley University, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. Her first trial ended with a hung jury.
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3 weeks ago |
wcvb.com | David Bienick
The prosecution says Read hit her boyfriend, John O'Keefe, with her Lexus SUV outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. Read's attorneys indicated they again plan to pursue a third-party culprit defense strategy, arguing that someone else was responsible for killing O'Keefe and that Read is the victim of a law enforcement cover-up. Read, 45, of Mansfield, is a former adjunct professor at Bentley University.
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4 weeks ago |
wcvb.com | David Bienick |Phil Tenser
Aidan Timothy Kearney, the confrontational Massachusetts blogger known as "Turtleboy," agreed to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights during a hearing in Karen Read's murder case Wednesday. Kearney has posted prolifically about the Read case, pushing the defense's theory, and prosecutors allege Kearney and Read have communicated extensively.
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4 weeks ago |
wmur.com | David Bienick
The search for 18 people to serve on the jury for Karen Read's retrial was completed on Tuesday, after churning through nearly 600 candidates. WCVB's David Bienick has counted 591 candidates over 10 days of the selection process. The court was seeking 18 jurors, of whom 12 will end up deliberating and six will serve as alternates. Entering the day, eight men and eight women have been seated on the panel. Two more jurors, one man and one woman, were seated by Tuesday afternoon.
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4 weeks ago |
wcvb.com | David Bienick
Jury selection resumes Tuesday in Karen Read's murder retrial after a juror from a previous group of potential jurors was dismissed and another was added to the group. The court seeks 18 jurors, of whom 12 will end up deliberating and six will serve as alternates. So far, eight men and eight women have been seated on the panel. "How do you feel about the lack of progress?" NewsCenter 5's David Bienick asked Read after court Monday. "I'm OK with it," she said.
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