The Proctor Problem For The Prosecution of Karen Read Isn't Going Away
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 15 January 2025
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Summary
The discussion unravels how Proctor's reputation might stain the prosecution's case and why the defense strategy could hinge on this shadowy figure. Can the jury navigate through layers of alleged corruption, small-town relationships, and a defense theory that toes the line between plausible and sensational? Or are we simply watching the gears of justice grind through a case destined for another hung jury?
And in a trial where every move could sway public opinion, whose approach will ultimately prevail: a defense looking to reshape its narrative or a prosecution aiming to control the chaos?
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| 0:25.6 | Others in the morgue. |
| 0:26.8 | Welcome to Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:29.6 | Featuring Defense Attorney and host of the podcast, Defense Diaries, Bob Mata. |
| 0:34.8 | The other overarching piece of the Karen Reed case that puts, I think, it enables a lot of the |
| 0:43.7 | dismissal of a lot of evidence or the playing down or the possibility that maybe there's |
| 0:49.2 | something else going on here. |
| 0:50.7 | It's one man, Michael Proctor, and he's having his disciplinary hearing, or pretty much |
| 0:57.2 | the probably dismissal hearing coming up this week. And hopefully he's done. Hopefully it's not like, |
| 1:05.6 | well, we'll give you something else to do. I can't imagine you want this man in any way, |
| 1:09.7 | shape, or form associated with law enforcement, |
| 1:11.7 | no matter what side you're on. It's just not a good look. It's not going to help him. |
| 1:15.7 | It's a piece of shit. That's not who you want as cops. But inevitably, you don't want |
| 1:19.6 | douchebags like that being cops. Like, the guy's just a tool, man. But inevitably. Again, exactly what you said. I don't give a shit what side you're on. |
| 1:28.8 | That guy's a fucking turd. |
| 1:30.4 | And he's not going to be a big help for the state. |
| 1:34.6 | He certainly was a help for the prosecution. |
| 1:38.0 | And he's, I'm sure, going to be called up again. |
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