Karen Read Updates: Juror Joins Read Defense Team!? First Circuit Denies Appeal

The Emily Show

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get 15% off with promo code LAWNERD at https://Lumedeodorant.com! #lumepod #ad Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to honeylove.com/LAWNERD! #honeylovepod #ad A former juror from the first Karen Read trial, attorney Victoria George, has joined her defense team! I break down the legal implications and why this is such an unusual move. One thing to note is that she was not a deliberating juror. The First Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Karen Read's claim of double jeopardy, meaning she can be retried on all three charges. I explain the court's reasoning, which focused on whether a mistrial was necessary and whether a verdict had been formally rendered in the first trial. Jury selection for the Karen Read retrial is set to begin on April 1st, 2025. I discuss the expected timeline, the challenges of selecting an impartial jury, and what to expect in the coming weeks. RESOURCES Vanity Fair Article – https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/karen-read-trial-juror-lawyer Final Pre-Trial Hearing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbX3X0qbEew Previous Emily Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRXfHhodGjY Mistrial Hearing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRJ_QZ5Neik Depp v Heard Trial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gLVeg1x2AInDBfPU6-ffnD0 This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Emily Show, which is our Monday podcast, breaking down everything that's going on in the law.
0:07.2	Either stories I'm not covering on stream, stories that we haven't had a chance to cover on stream in a minute, or everything that's happened between streams, because it's amazing the speed at which the cases I am covering are moving.
0:20.7	And with a travel week last week,
0:22.7	plus a very busy band mom week in my life, a lot has popped off in court. And isn't that the way
0:28.1	before trial? So today we're talking about the number one thing y'all have been asking me about,
0:32.3	which is Karen Reid's new defense attorney. I know. Is this going to impact the trial? Is this allowed? Is this strange?
0:39.4	Well, I've never seen a former juror on a trial become a attorney for the defendant on the retrial.
0:46.8	So that's new to me as well, but we're going to talk about it. We're also going to talk about that last hurdle to Karen Reed's trial starting.
0:53.9	Her attorneys had actually asked for more time because the First Circuit was still deciding
0:58.0	her case while they've decided.
1:00.2	So this case is going to be starting jury selection April 1st, which will be right after
1:05.0	this podcast drops.
1:06.8	So welcome to the very last second of March, the very last moment, because of course, everything
1:15.2	is ramping up before jury selection starts in the Karen Reed case.
1:18.8	And then as the Karen Reed case gets underway in trial, on the QuickBits YouTube channel
1:24.0	and on the audio feed, there will be daily breakdowns of what's happening
1:28.1	in the case in court the way we've done with other trials. And then the podcast on Mondays
1:34.0	will have as best I can updates on the other cases that I'm covering. Because once we get
1:40.3	into trial, it's going to be busy. That last trial was, what, 10 weeks long?
1:49.8	I think three weeks of it, we're talking about whether or not it was snowing and where everybody sat at a basketball game.
2:03.6	Let's hope it goes a little faster this time. But you know what about. I know you want the facts, so let's get into it.
2:06.6	Thank you to today's sponsor, Loomi.
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