Week 9 began on Monday, June 16th. The deliberation clock had barely any time on it, seeing as they had been sent into deliberations on Friday afternoon for hardly 2 hours. We knew the work of really digging down into the case, began Monday. While some were confident that the case was open and shut and a verdict would be returned in mere hours.....others understood the gravity and heaviness of what was being asked of this jury. The mounds of evidence and confusing juror slips were only the beginning. However, they stayed the course.

On June 18th, 2025, just before 3:00pm EST, the jurors and court reconvened with a verdict. What say you foreman of the jury on count one?

NOT GUILTY

On count 2?

NOT GUILTY

On the lesser included OUI

Guilty

On Count 3-

Not Guilty.

Karen Read was exonerated of all charges related to the death of Officer John O'Keefe. She was sentenced to 1 year of probation and mandatory 24D classes.

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The Defense's Case in chief was presented over weeks 7 and half way into week 8. Wrapping up the trial were defense witnesses who represented ARCCA (the crash daddies), a new medical examiner, and some original and dependable witnesses that came back for season two, including Dr. Russell and Lucky with his Franken-Truck. The Cross examinations became very heated however, leading to 2 mistrial motions on behalf of the defense for unethical and egregious behavior by the state's prosecutor, as well as some overall snark and general "I've Had IT" moments with Jackson and Brennan bickering in open court. Bev lost control of the courtroom and it was a good thing this was approaching the end.

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Week 6 closed out the month of May and the Commonwealth's case in chief. During the Week 6 trial days, we met a new engineer. He goes by the name of Dr. Judson Welcher. If you watched the trial and testimony live, you became very familiar with his strategy....which seemed more like a magic trick than actual scientific testing. Dr. Welcher pulled a page out of a Stephen King thriller or Barbara Schroeder film. He "oosurped "(or attempted) John O'Keefe's life. He all but had Karen call him 53 times in a row just to ignore and send to voicemail, in an attempt to truly prepare for this method style acting.

Covered in blue grease paint, his slight of hand tricks left everyone watching with less answers than we had before. He could not confirm an actual speed at the point of alleged impact. He could not confirm the position of John's body at the point of alleged impact. He could not use a crash test dummy. He could not behave himself in court. He could not pass go, however he did collect four hundred thousand dollars.

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