COURT AUDIO: MA v. Karen Read Murder Retrial - Motions Hearing Day 2 PART 3
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🗓️ 21 March 2025
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Summary
The final pretrial hearing took place before the murder retrial of Boston woman Karen Read. Her defense team had filed a motion to dismiss the case, citing what they described as "extraordinary governmental misconduct" by the prosecution.
Read had faced charges of second-degree murder and other offenses in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. He was found deceased in the snow outside a friend’s home after a night of drinking.
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| 0:40.3 | Karen Reid, back in court again today. |
| 0:43.5 | And we're going to take you right there for all of the coverage of what's going on in that courtroom. |
| 0:49.5 | And the follow-ups with Judge Beverly Canone. |
| 0:52.9 | Let's go there right now. |
| 0:56.0 | The defense takes issue with Dr. Welcher providing an opinion that the lacerations and cuts |
| 1:03.5 | are consistent with the geometry and orientation of the right taillight. There has been many |
| 1:10.2 | claims about alternative sources, which the Carmel disagrees with, as |
| 1:15.6 | to those abrasions. |
| 1:17.6 | But if you've seen the PowerPoint that's been presented and provided to the court, it |
| 1:21.6 | will be presented to the jury. |
| 1:22.6 | It shows the symmetry of the arm and the location of the arm, the height of the broken taillight, and it shows, |
| 1:29.9 | with great continuity, the height, location of that broken tail light and how it relates to a bent |
| 1:42.2 | arm. And that is based on engineering, |
| 1:47.6 | biomechanics. |
| 1:48.6 | The same things that ARCA employees, |
| 1:50.5 | they just didn't do this. |
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