Victory in the Karen Read case! Will eyes turn to a judge that openly put her thumb on the scale??

Boston Confidential Beantown's True Crime Podcast

Barry J. Maguire

Drama, Whitey, Boston, Boston True Crime, True Crime, South Boston, Charlestown, Fiction, Roxbury, Dorchester

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Send us a text Karen Read found not guilty on 2nd degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident! She was found guilty of misdemeanor operating under the influence (of alcohol). The jury was attentive and asked several questions of the judge, they were dialed in, really couldn't ask for more. The jurors are taking media interviews and there are some commonalities- Trp. Bukenik came off as arrogant and petulant. The damage to John's arm, simply did not align with a car strike. Hank Brennan...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Boston Confidential, Bean Towns True Crime Podcast.
0:11.6	Boston is a great city, but there's more to it than the Freedom Trail in Fenway Park.
0:16.8	There's a startling underbelly to the city, and Boston Confidential will take you on a guided tour of the hub of the universe, Boston, Massachusetts.
0:26.3	Hey, everybody, welcome back to Boston Confidential. My name's Barry McGuire, and I'm your host. I'm a 20-year private investigator on the streets of Boston, and I help run a company called Impact Due Diligence Investigations.
0:40.0	If you need anything in terms of investigative services, feel free to contact me at Impact.
0:45.8	If I can't help you personally, I'll certainly direct you to the right person or agency.
0:50.8	All right, guys, let's get to it.
0:53.3	Hey guys, welcome back to Boston Confidential.
0:56.2	Big week, big episode.
0:57.6	It's the free Karen Reid episode.
0:59.8	The verdict is in, guys, and recording this on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025, and the verdict came in on Wednesday.
1:09.2	I believe the jury had deliberated for a total of about 22 hours
1:15.4	over a few days. And they had sent a few notes back to the judge. And you could tell from the
1:22.0	questions that they seem to be focused on perhaps convicting on the misdemeanor OUI charge and voting not guilty
1:32.5	on the second degree homicide and the leaving the scene of an accident where death or bodily injury
1:40.0	has occurred.
1:41.1	And those were the two big ones.
1:42.5	That could have given her, you know, a life sentence,
1:45.0	25 years. You never know. There's a lot of discretion with the judge, but if she took
1:51.9	guilties on those two charges, do you think Judge Bev would be sympathetic to her? I certainly
1:59.3	don't. There would be a maximum sentence. But no worries there, guys.
2:05.0	Karen, the prosecution gave her a sentencing right there in the courtroom because when the not
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