US EditionKaren Read’s Lawyers Call First 2 Witnesses to Testify, Say They Won’t Call Trooper Michael Proctor
- On Friday, Karen Read’s legal team presented their initial witness in her retrial for the death of John O’Keefe, an off-duty Boston police officer, in Canton, Massachusetts.
- The retrial comes after the first trial ended without a verdict, with prosecutors claiming that Read reversed her Lexus SUV and hit O’Keefe shortly after midnight on the night of January 29, 2022.
- Defense expert Matthew DiSogra testified there is no data proving a collision occurred and challenged the Commonwealth's timeline linking O'Keefe's phone locking to the vehicle's reverse movement.
- The prosecution rested after calling 38 witnesses over 20 days, but the lead investigator Michael Proctor, discharged for sexist texts, did not testify and remains a possible defense witness.
- Read's defense claims she was framed by off-duty officers present and promises a broader, deeper case with more witnesses, suggesting a trial lasting at least a week.
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Karen Read's defense calls first witness in retrial
Karen Read's defense called its first witness to the stand in the retrial over the death of her former boyfriend. The defense called an engineer who analyzes crash data to testify the data from Read's SUV showed no signs of a crash the night of her boyfriend's death. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin has the latest on the trial.
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Defense calls first witness to the stand in Karen Read retrial - Boston News, Weather, Sports
The Karen Read retrial is now in the hands of the defense after the prosecution rested on Thursday. Read’s legal team began their case today by filing a motion, claiming the prosecution failed to do its job by proving beyond a reasonable doubt that a collision occurred outside of 34 Fairview Road. They called on Judge Beverly Cannone to declare Read not guilty on all counts. Cannone shot that down. Following, the defense called their first witne…
Karen Read’s defense calls its first witness in her retrial in the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend
BOSTON -- Karen Read's defense is set to call its first witness on Friday, marking a new phase in her retrial in the killing of John O'Keefe, her off-duty Boston police officer boyfriend whose body was found buried in the snow outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts, in January 2022.
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