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The Trial Of Karen Read | Justice For John O'Keefe

COURT AUDIO: MA v. Karen Read Murder Retrial - Motions Hearing PART 2

The Trial Of Karen Read | Justice For John O'Keefe

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News, News Commentary

2.2614 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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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 was charged with second-degree murder and other offenses in connection with the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. He was found dead in the snow outside a friend's home after a night of drinking.

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0:00.0

This is a special report from True Crime Today and the Hidden Killers podcast.

0:08.6

Karen Reid back in court today for another hearing as we're getting closer and closer to her scheduled April 1st trial date.

0:17.1

Let's go to the courtroom now to get the latest this witness has a report

0:28.4

and a report is not admissible and can't be shown to the jury and so to have the defense

0:33.7

summarize her testimony when she's not allowed to put her report in herself.

0:39.3

Seems a bit unbalanced. There are references on this potential chalk that lists

0:46.5

troopers' names. Those names shouldn't be on there, but also it doesn't give the full picture of the actual testimony.

0:55.0

The issue regarding glass, I expect, is going to be a issue in the next case.

1:01.4

And I say that because we learned last night for the first time on a public airing of an episode

1:09.4

that the defendant suggests that Mr. O'Keefe took her vodka

1:16.2

soda glass out of her car. Now that is the first time we've had any statements from Ms. Reed

1:24.0

suggesting that and also there was another statement regarding a claim that Ms. Reed suggesting that. And also, there was another statement regarding a claim

1:29.7

that Ms. Reed pulled glass from John O'Kee's face.

1:34.7

Never heard that before.

1:35.9

So we have this evolving or new testimony,

1:39.4

or statement, rather, statements about glass.

1:50.3

And so I think first, I'd like to consider this new information that we just learned last night.

1:51.5

And secondly, I am reluctant to agree to a simple summary of part of the witness's testimony

1:56.8

that has not only labels on it, but does not, from my perspective, clarify anything.

2:02.6

I'm not opposed to chalks. I think chalks will help for both sides, and I think the liberal use of chalk is helpful.

2:08.6

But I don't have confidence this chalk accurately summarizes the witness's testimony.

2:16.6

I'm hoping to discussing chalks with the defense and perhaps learning

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