Karen Read trial jury deliberates for 1st full day
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More than three of four Boston Herald readers who have participated in our poll would vote “Not guilty” if they were on the Karen Read retrial jury.
Jurors in the Karen Read trial are continuing their deliberations Monday morning, the first full day they are able to discuss the case. All jurors, including the six selected as alternates, entered the courtroom a little before 9 a.
The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began.
Prosecutor Hank Brennan opened his closing argument by saying Read callously decided to leave O’Keefe dying in the snow, fully aware that he was gravely injured. He described that decision as “a choice” to let O’Keefe die. He also said Read was well beyond the legal alcohol limit when she drove at the time.