Defense Demands a Mistrial! No Dog DNA!? The Taillight: Cracked or Damaged? | Case Brief

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Day 26 of the Karen Read Retrial happened on June 3, 2025. Dr. Marie Russell, the defense's dog bite expert, is on the stand for cross-examination. There's discussion about Karen Read's statements and whether they changed Dr. Russell's opinion. Dr. Russell states that Read's statements did not change her analysis, citing Read's stressful state and potential acute grief reaction.

The defense moves for a mistrial with prejudice due to the prosecution bringing up DNA in front of the jury, which is ultimately denied. Dr. Russell's redirect involves questions about why DNA results not showing dog DNA didn't change her opinion, and discussions of medical journal articles regarding dog bites.

Sgt. Nicholas Barros, a Dighton Police Officer, testifies about observing damage to the tail light of Karen Read's SUV. He describes a crack and a missing piece instead of the majority of it gone. Special Prosecutor, Hank Brennan, cross-examines Barros, focusing on inconsistencies in his testimony and report, his meeting with defense attorneys, and the condition of the tail light being potentially obscured by snow. There's a discussion about photos of the tail light and discrepancies in the damage shown, and how his memory of the damage might have been affected by seeing various videos and photos of the vehicle after the initial observation.

RESOURCES

First Trial Day 22 - https://youtube.com/live/_Z1DhJDQj5Y

What You Need to Know About the Retrial - https://youtu.be/89Jpa8vz1RQ

Karen Read Retrial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKOJlfL__9F027hlETVU-vo

Karen Read Trial - 2024 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gKUeCUzApgsEuQRXu5IXeTS

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0:00.0	Welcome back. It's time for a case brief, keeping you in the loop with the cases you care about most,
0:04.0	just more briefly. If you want the full coverage, it's linked in the description below. But for now,
0:08.6	let's get into it. It's day 26. It's Tuesday, June 3rd. Dr. Russell's on the stand for cross
0:15.2	examination. I imagine it will be a somewhat lengthy cross-examination based on what we've already seen from prosecutor
0:22.0	Hank Brennan. And I think Brennan probably feels like he scored some hits yesterday,
0:26.2	so he's not going to just stop. He's got a whole different demeanor yesterday in his cross.
0:31.3	We'll see what today's demeanor is like. Hopefully, court will just, I don't know,
0:36.7	run kind of smoothly today.
0:38.4	Who knows?
0:39.2	We're like day three into the defense case and stuff has already been incredibly unexpected.
0:45.8	And I guess that's what I should expect with this case is that nothing is quite normal.
0:52.8	And some of those statements after you rendered your opinion,
0:55.0	did some of those statements come from the defendant herself?
0:58.0	Yes.
0:59.0	And when you listen to those statements,
1:01.0	did you hear any of them talk about the idea or issue of collision or impact?
1:06.0	Yes.
1:07.0	And when you listen to those statements after you formed your opinions,
1:11.4	did in any way, in any way change the analysis of your opinion?
1:18.3	Absolutely not.
1:20.0	And I'll tell you why.
1:21.3	Please do.
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