MISTRIAL MA - Professor Karen Read, 43, charged with murdering police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe by hitting him with car, Canton, 14 Apr 2023 #16

[BUF]

Another article coming out on this…

After mistrial, Karen Read moves to dismiss 2 charges, including murder

Karen Read is moving to dismiss two of the three charges against her, including murder, with her attorneys saying they’ve heard the jury had unanimously concluded she was not guilty of either charge. Read filed the motion to dismiss in Norfolk Superior Court on Monday, a week after a mistrial...

www.nbcboston.com

Her lawyers wrote that they "began receiving unsolicited communications from three of the twelve deliberating jurors indicating in no uncertain terms that the jury had a firm 12-0 agreement that Ms. Read was not guilty of two of the three charges against her"​

(Sorry for this enormous bold type!)

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

Can’t wait to read all the excuse making for the CW

 

[LvsAMystry]

July 22 is going to be interesting for sure. I wonder if the judge will be as rude to Martin G. Weinberg as she was to Yannetti and Jackson.

I am speechless at this, but strangely not incredulous as well. Seems like par for what has been the course in this case and in this courtroom. Shameful.

 

[Universecalling]

I am speechless at this, but strangely not incredulous as well. Seems like par for what has been the course in this case and in this courtroom. Shameful.

I truly hope this is the beginning of the end for all of them. The judge, the DA, ADA, MSP, CPD, Alberts, McCabes, Levinson, Nagel, BH, all of them.

I wouldn’t be surprised JOK had something on them regarding Sandra Birchmore. After all, he was a part of SORI unit. I always wondered if he came across something that ran deep within Norfolk LE…

 

[ch_13]

Ted Daniels has the defense motion:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1810332593558016350

https://twitter.com/x/status/1810333003152781695

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

July 22 is going to be interesting for sure. I wonder if the judge will be as rude to Martin G. Weinberg as she was to Yannetti and Jackson.

One has to wonder ch_13^^…. And IMO she was also rather disrespectful to Ms. Read.

When the judge made comment late in the trial to Ms. Read about whether she might have found something amusing (in the judge’s opinion IIRC)….. it seems that all that should have been said was something such as ‘please Ms. Read, have respect for the court’. SMH. MOO

 

[HarmonyE.]

I wouldn’t be surprised JOK had something on them regarding Sandra Birchmore. After all, he was a part of SORI unit. I always wondered if he came across something that ran deep within Norfolk LE…

John would have had no connection to Birchmore. He was on the Boston PD which is Suffolk County. Birchmore died in Canton and was abused by Stoughton cops in Norfolk County.

 

[Kakidoll]

I KNEW the judge didn't want that out. JUST what i thought.. THATS why she went back. She wanted that kept quiet. Judge may find herself in hot water.

 

[bcv513]

I KNEW the judge didn't want that out. JUST what i thought.. THATS why she went back. She wanted that kept quiet. Judge may find herself in hot water.

Judge should be up for the next hearing after Proctor. My God. Did she never bother to ask the jury if they were deadlocked on ALL counts? She's either criminally inept or just criminal.

 

[mzmarymac]

I'm going to take a guess that the ones voting for guilty on the manslaughter charge just wanted to charge her for something based on her reckless behavior that night. I feel that if they had offered a DUI charge, they would have ultimately acquitted on the 3 big counts and convicted her on the DUI and that would be the end of this.

 

[HarmonyE.]

I'm going to take a guess that the ones voting for guilty on the manslaughter charge just wanted to charge her for something based on her reckless behavior that night. I feel that if they had offered a DUI charge, they would have ultimately acquitted on the 3 big counts and convicted her on the DUI and that would be the end of this.

Agree. And the prosecution knew that would be the likely compromise (even if it arguably wasn't proven) and avoided adding the charge for that reason.

 

[twall]

17 pages of today's filing here

Karen Read's motion to dismiss: Read lawyers' claims on jury split

As part of the motion to dismiss two of the charges against Karen Read filed Monday, her lawyers say they heard directly from one juror, and indirectly from two others, that Read would have been acquitted of two of the three charges she’s facing. Read filed the motion to dismiss the charges in...

www.nbcboston.com

 

[LvsAMystry]

I'm going to take a guess that the ones voting for guilty on the manslaughter charge just wanted to charge her for something based on her reckless behavior that night. I feel that if they had offered a DUI charge, they would have ultimately acquitted on the 3 big counts and convicted her on the DUI and that would be the end of this.

Yup we now know what those quoted fundamental moral differences referred to. You don’t get to inflict morals on a defendant in lieu of evidence.

 

[Leilei]

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1810330344383553564

Holy cow!
Is this something that Judge C can get in trouble for??
Super proud of those jurors for stepping up.
IMO

 

[TTF14]

Wow! All charges need to be dismissed. This is nuts.

It's also nuts to me that 3 jurors (if this is all true) still believe John was even hit by a car at all. I really, really wonder why they believe that.

IMO MOO

 

[KSwizzle]

If you read the filing Yanetti says they were 6-6 on the manslaughter charge before being sent back and finished at 8-4

 

[mzmarymac]

Anyone know what the sentencing guidelines would be for the manslaughter charge if she were convicted on that?

 

[TTF14]

If you read the filing Yanetti says they were 6-6 on the manslaughter charge before being sent back and finished at 8-4

So half of them initially believed "expert" Trooper Paul? That is scary.

John was not hit by a car!!!

IMO

 

[Charlot123]

JMO - if I were a policeman with good reputation and good personal record working in Norfolk, MA, I’d seek relocation before it gets really ugly there. I feel there are some underlying currents in this case that I can’t verbalize. So - people don’t want to get involved “by association”. IMHO - ultimately, there will be no winners in this case, even if individually, people will make money. God knows what will happen with Sandra Birchmore’s case, but the fact that it has reopened is telling.

 

[BUF]

Anyone know what the sentencing guidelines would be for the manslaughter charge if she were convicted on that?

The murder charge is punishable by life in prison with the possibility of parole. The manslaughter charge carries a penalty ranging from five years to 20 years imprisonment, and a possible license revocation. The sentence for leaving the scene is punishable by six months to two years behind bars.

How much jail time could Karen Read face? Here are the ...The Boston Globehttps://www.bostonglobe.com › 2024/06/26 › metro