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Karen Rad listens to authoritative Hank Brennan during her 2nd proceedings for the 2022 decease of her fellow John O'Keefe connected Wednesday, April 16, 2025 successful Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
DEDHAM, Mass. – The 2nd execution proceedings of Karen Read, whose lawsuit has sparked a nationalist statement connected constabulary accountability and won her legions of devoted fans, volition statesman Tuesday with some sides laying retired conflicting theories of however her Boston constabulary serviceman fellow ended up dead.
Read is accused of striking John O’Keefe with her SUV successful 2022 and leaving him to dice unsocial successful the snowfall extracurricular of a location enactment successful the municipality of Canton, a suburb astir 20 miles (32 kilometers) southbound of Boston. She has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter portion operating a conveyance nether the power and leaving the scene.
During the archetypal proceedings past year, prosecutors said Read intentionally backed into O’Keefe aft she dropped him disconnected astatine a location enactment and returned hours aboriginal to find him dead. The defence said she was a unfortunate of a immense constabulary conspiracy and that O’Keefe was fatally beaten by different instrumentality enforcement serviceman astatine the party.
A mistrial was declared past twelvemonth aft jurors said they were astatine an impasse and deliberating further would beryllium futile.
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Read supporters stitchery extracurricular court
Supporters of Karen Read person assembled extracurricular tribunal successful beforehand of her caller trial.
The country among supporters is akin to a reunion, with radical hugging 1 different and calling retired their names.
Ashlyn Wade, a Read protagonist from Canton, wherever John O’Keefe was killed, said she was determination to hopefully spot Read cleared of charges.
“I’m present for justice,” she said. “The murderer going to jailhouse and Karen being Exonerated — that would beryllium justice.”
Dennis Sweeney, dressed arsenic the justice successful the lawsuit and wearing a pinkish T-shirt emblazoned with the connection “assassin.” which was inspired by Read’s defence team, said helium returned for the 2nd proceedings because: “Karen Read is factually guiltless and we privation her freed.”
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