Hey everybody, I'm Ashley Banfield, and this is Drop Dead Serious, and we're back with yet another recap of the Karen Reed murder trial in Deadham, Massachusetts.

This is day 17 for Karen and company, and it opened with a warning, not to the lawyers, but to the jury.

And from there, the tension only climbed.

Two forensic scientists were grilled on the stand.

A key timeline came under fire,

and the defense accused the prosecution of playing dirty with discovery.

Here's how it all unfolded.

The day started with a sharp tone from the very

top. Before a single witness was even called, Judge Beverly Canoni issued a rare formal warning

directly to the jury. Here's what she said. Don't talk. Don't make any facial expressions.

No muttering under your breath, no audible noises.

She told the jurors just to listen and respect both their fellow jurors and the lawyers who've, quote,

worked so hard to get this case before you. Wow. Wow. I say wow, because that is so incredibly rare the judge taking the piss out of jurors

you do not see that unless it's something really big and here's why the jurors have no friends

in that courtroom they're allowed to talk to each other. They're not allowed to

talk to the players. They're literally like sitting ducks who have to just bear the day and

essentially have no one to ask any questions of except for one person and that's the judge.

The judge in a case is their friend, is their guide, is their mentor,

is their helper. The judge is their everything. And oftentimes after jury duty, people will say,

I just love that judge, you know. So to have Beverly Canoni treat the jurors this way,

it had to be big because they just don't typically

do that. You know, one reporter did say that they thought they saw a juror making visible

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