A Massachusetts jury on Wednesday found Karen Read not guilty of murdering her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Review notes regarding the courtroom proceedings from our sister station, WCVB, below. Read was acquitted of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. She was found guilty of operating under the influence and was sentenced to one year of probation. The verdict came after about 22 hours of deliberations over several days and nearly a year after a mistrial was declared in Read’s first trial. Read became emotional and hugged her team of lawyers after hearing the verdict. Prosecutors alleged that Read hit O’Keefe with her SUV during a snowstorm in 2022 and left him to die after a night of drinking.Her attorneys argued that someone else killed O’Keefe, claiming Read is a victim of a law enforcement cover-up.The defense said O’Keefe was beaten inside a home in Canton, Massachusetts, bitten by a dog and then left outside.Minutes after the verdict, Read spoke outside Norfolk Superior Court.”I just want to say two things. Number one is I could not be standing here without these amazing supporters, who have supported me and my team financially and, more importantly, emotionally for almost four years. And the second thing I want to say is no one has fought harder for justice for John O’Keefe than I have and my team. Thank you,” she said.Read’s brother, Nathan, extended goodwill to the O’Keefe family, saying that while it was a joyful day for his family, he feels sorrow for them.”John was a good man. I knew John and we cared about him very much,” he said.Several witnesses who were with Read and O’Keefe the night he died, including Jennifer McCabe, issued a statement following the verdict.”While we may have more to say in the future, today we mourn with John’s family and lament the cruel reality that this prosecution was infected by lies and conspiracy theories spread by Karen Read, her defense team and some in the media. The result is a devastating miscarriage of justice,” they said. >> Watch as the verdicts were read in the courtroom:>> Watch as Read was sentenced on the OUI charge:
A Massachusetts jury on Wednesday found Karen Read not guilty of murdering her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. Review notes regarding the courtroom proceedings from our sister station, WCVB, below.
Read was acquitted of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. She was found guilty of operating under the influence and was sentenced to one year of probation.
The verdict came after about 22 hours of deliberations over several days and nearly a year after a mistrial was declared in Read’s first trial.
Read became emotional and hugged her team of lawyers after hearing the verdict.
Prosecutors alleged that Read hit O’Keefe with her SUV during a snowstorm in 2022 and left him to die after a night of drinking.
Her attorneys argued that someone else killed O’Keefe, claiming Read is a victim of a law enforcement cover-up.
The defense said O’Keefe was beaten inside a home in Canton, Massachusetts, bitten by a dog and then left outside.
Minutes after the verdict, Read spoke outside Norfolk Superior Court.
“I just want to say two things. Number one is I could not be standing here without these amazing supporters, who have supported me and my team financially and, more importantly, emotionally for almost four years. And the second thing I want to say is no one has fought harder for justice for John O’Keefe than I have and my team. Thank you,” she said.
Read’s brother, Nathan, extended goodwill to the O’Keefe family, saying that while it was a joyful day for his family, he feels sorrow for them.
“John was a good man. I knew John and we cared about him very much,” he said.
Several witnesses who were with Read and O’Keefe the night he died, including Jennifer McCabe, issued a statement following the verdict.
“While we may have more to say in the future, today we mourn with John’s family and lament the cruel reality that this prosecution was infected by lies and conspiracy theories spread by Karen Read, her defense team and some in the media. The result is a devastating miscarriage of justice,” they said.
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