Karen Read defense gets boost
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Karen Read pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe and is facing a retrial after a jury was unable to reach a verdict last year.
The contents of the text messages – which were notably presented to jurors under cross-examination by Massachusetts prosecutors and not Read’s defense attorneys – were publicly known, having been presented at Read’s first trial, which ended with a hung jury. But this is the first time jurors in her second trial have heard them.
Defense attorneys say the investigation was marred by incompetence. Experts say there are irregularities that could prove beneficial to Read.
During testimony in Karen Read's murder trial, Brian Loughran described driving a plow truck past 34 Fairview Road in a blizzard and noted a parked Ford Edge SUV not usually seen there.
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Crude text messages about Karen Read that fired Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor sent to his friends after John O’Keefe’s death were read aloud for jurors on Monday.