Jury deliberations resume Mon. in Karen Read murder trial
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The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began.
A broken taillight. A dead cop. A bombshell admission. The jury is now deliberating over whether Karen Read killed John O'Keefe.
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DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers in the murder trial of Karen Read gave their closing arguments Friday after weeks of testimony in a highly divisive case in which the prosecution’s theory of jaded love turned deadly is countered by a defense claim that a cast of tight-knit Boston area law enforcement killed a fellow police officer.
Read flashed the sinister smirk as graphic images of John O’Keefe’s bruised and mangled body were revealed to the jury.
Karen Read proposed that she personally select which of the jurors would serve as alternates in her murder trial — an idea the judge denied.
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