US EditionKaren Read adds alternate juror from first trial to her team
- Karen Read's retrial for the alleged murder of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe on January 29, 2022, in Canton, Massachusetts, is scheduled to begin on April 1st with jury selection, following a mistrial declared on July 1st due to a hung jury.
- The case has garnered significant public attention, with Read accused of hitting O'Keefe with her SUV after a night of drinking and leaving him to die outside, while Read pleads not guilty and claims she is being framed in a cover-up.
- The defense is presenting a mass cover-up theory, arguing that someone else, possibly Brian Albert, Brian Higgins, or Colin Albert, was responsible for O'Keefe's death and that O'Keefe was killed inside the Albert family home before being dragged outside.
- Key evidence and arguments include Michael Proctor's demeaning texts, conflicting testimony regarding Colin Albert's injuries and presence at the Albert home, flirtatious texts between Read and Higgins, and the defense's claim that Albert, Higgins, and Colin Albert had motive, intent, and opportunity to commit the crime, while the prosecution seeks to block the defense's strategy.
- With intense traditional and social media scrutiny and Judge Cannone's gag order intended to prevent undue influence on the jury pool, the second trial will begin with a search for fair and impartial jurors who will weigh the evidence to determine Karen Read's role, if any, in John O'Keefe's death, as she faces a potential life sentence if convicted.
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Exclusive: A Juror From Karen Read’s First Murder Trial Has Joined Her Defense Team
In her only interview, Victoria George told VF, “I waited for nearly a year after the mistrial, hoping the court system would work as intended to remedy some of the wrongs in this case.”
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The DerrickKaren Read adds alternate juror from her first trial to defense team
An alternate juror from Karen Read’s first trial has joined the defense team just ahead of the blockbuster retrial. “There have been so many unprecedented things in this case and this is just one of them,” former state Superior Court judge Jack Lu told the Herald of the development. Read, 45, is accused of striking John O’Keefe, her boyfriend of two years and a 16-year Boston Police officer, with her car and leaving him to die in a major snowsto…
Alternate juror in first trial joining Karen Read defense team for retrial - The Boston Globe
Victoria Brophey George filed her appearance for Read on Wednesday in Norfolk Superior Court, and a court official confirmed that George was an alternate juror the first time around.
Jury selection for Karen Read’s second murder trial to begin next week
BOSTON (WPRI) — Karen Read's second murder trial is slated to begin with jury selection next week. Read is accused of ramming into her then-boyfriend John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowstorm back in January 2022. She has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crime. Her first murder trial ended in a mistrial last July after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Judge Be…
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