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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Why Is There Debate Over Karen Read Cell Phone Data?

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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3.3907 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

What happens when the “facts” depend on who's reading them? In the Karen Read case, a heated debate rages over alleged discrepancies in Cellebrite data. Was a critical Google search made at 2 a.m. or 6 a.m.? The answer could be the linchpin of the entire case. While the defense and prosecution clash over expert testimonies, questions arise about how much weight jurors give to official sources versus independent experts. Can a judge rule definitively on such contested tech evidence, or is it up to the jury to decide who to trust?

And what happens when a defense expert is accused of tossing around a "word salad" rather than offering solid science? It's a fascinating look at the intersection of tech, law, and perception.

Do experts hold the final say, or do we all just think we’re as smart as the professionals?

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0:25.6

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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 point of contention here in this that they've been arguing about is the

0:40.0

Cell Bright data.

0:41.3

This is the Googling of How's Long to Die in Cold that the accusation is Jennifer

0:47.9

McCabe did it at 220-something, but maybe it was 620 something or something like that.

0:53.7

And the initial reaction from the Karen Reed camp when they had their person who tried to decipher the data,

1:02.2

who was not a Selbright person, by the way, just an officer who said, yeah, it's pretty easy to read.

1:08.0

Great, read it.

1:09.4

And he came with a 2 a.m. number. Then Selbright came in, the actual

1:13.2

creator of the program that says, you're reading it wrong. This is actually how it is.

1:18.7

This is more for us to read an RN and a technical end, but here's technically what it is.

1:23.3

There's time zone changes. There's things like this. We kind of operate with a Greenwich

1:27.4

meantime or whatever and stays a certain stamp.

1:30.9

So it's not always going to be accurate.

1:32.5

Here's how to truly read it.

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