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Boston Globe
5 days ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
John Lawn, Watertown state lawmaker, pleads not guilty to drunken driving charge
Lawn, wearing a checkered navy blue suit, did not speak during his brief arraignment in Boston Municipal Court in downtown Boston. A judge said he cannot drive, and set Aug. 1 for his next court appearance. Lawn told responding officers that 'I am a state rep,' and that he was coming from an event at the State House when he was arrested, according to According to a heavily redacted report Boston Police released Wednesday, officers found Lawn sitting in his heavily damaged GMC Yukon near the corner of Beacon and Bowdoin streets after a bystander flagged down officers. Advertisement The bystander told police that he saw Lawn's SUV strike another vehicle on nearby Hancock Street, and drive away. He said he followed Lawn's vehicle, which ran a pair of stop signs before stopping at a red light near Beacon Street, according to the report. The bystander told police he got out of his car and tried to speak with Lawn, but that Lawn drove off when the light turned green. Lawn later stopped on Bowdoin Street, where police said his SUV had 'extreme damage to the passenger side front wheel.' Police said they also found pieces of his SUV's passenger side bumper on Hancock Street. Advertisement Police said Lawn's eyes were glassy and bloodshot, and his speech was slurred, according to the report. 'You know what I'd rather do, I want to take an Uber and go home,' he told police when asked to take a breathalyzer, according to WCVB. In a statement Wednesday, Lawn called the incident 'completely unacceptable,' said he 'deeply regret[s] and take[s] full responsibility' for his actions. 'I make no excuses,' he said. 'I am committed to taking the necessary steps to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. To my family, friends, and constituents, I have let you down, and for that I am deeply sorry.' Lawn has represented parts of Newton, Waltham, and Watertown since 2011, and has served as chair of the Legislature's powerful health care financing committee since 2021. Matt Stout can be reached at
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Yahoo
Karen Read juror leaned guilty through trial. Here's what changed her mind
Going into jury deliberations for Karen Read's second murder trial, the outcome of acquittal was anything but certain. At least one juror told interviewers afterwards that she was leaning toward guilty as she met with her fellow jurors to deliberate. Janet Jimenez, in an interview with WCVB, told the news outlet that she had filled up a notebook and a half with notes on evidence and witness testimony. 'I was hoping that my fellow jurors could help me to go through all of this,' Jimenez said during the interview. 'So I went in with a very open mind but definitely leaning toward that she was guilty.' Read, 45, was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident causing injury or death in the 2022 death of her police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe, who was found in the snow outside the Canton home of a fellow Boston police officer. The jury acquitted Read of the three most serious charges — second-degree murder, manslaughter, and leaving the scene of an accident — but was convicted of operating under the influence. That verdict ended a near three-year saga as well as two trials, the first ending in a mistrial. Jimenez, who WCVB identified as a personal trainer, said she felt it was highly likely she would be selected to be a juror because she knew almost nothing about the case — unlike many who had followed along with the first trial. Jimenez told WCVB that she found the defense's argument about a Google search for 'hos long to die in cold' hours before O'Keefe's body was found unconvincing, and that she found lead investigator Michael Proctor's text messages about Read 'crude' but not proof of a coverup. What eventually swayed Jimenez was when she went looking for something among the 200 pieces of evidence, but didn't find it. Jimenez wouldn't tell WCVB what it was she was looking for, but when it didn't turn up, that was meaningful to her. 'It was one big part that led me closer to 'there's a lot of doubt,'' she said. Jimenez and the other jurors had a long period of deliberations. Overall it took about 22 hours for the seven women and five men to come to their decision. The jurors sent four notes to presiding judge Beverly Cannone and had a false start on Wednesday before delivering their verdict. Jimenez said she stands by her decision. 'I'm very comfortable with how I came to the decision,' she said. 'So I guess it will be part of my story.' That echoes another juror who has come forward, Paula Prado, who told the Today show she was convinced Read was not guilty and that 'We did the right thing.' MassLive reporter Charlie McKenna contributed to this article. Poll finds widespread support for Karen Read among eligible jurors Albert, McCabe families address Karen Read trial verdict in TV interview 'We did the right thing': Juror in Karen Read retrial confident in acquittal Karen Read's defense changed its strategy for retrial — and won Michael Proctor to speak in 2-hour Dateline special following Karen Read trial Read the original article on MassLive.
Politico
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Politico
Markey marks his territory
TURF WAR — Sen. Ed Markey is rolling out more than two dozen new endorsements this morning from current and former state and local officials from across a swath of the state. At first glance, there's no clear connection between the 26 politicians on the list — which includes state Sen. Michael Rodrigues, Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux and Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan. But they share one not-so-subtle connection: The area they represent spans Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District. That just happens to be the home turf of Rep. Jake Auchincloss, one of Markey's more regularly mentioned possible primary challengers. Auchincloss, who won the seat former Rep. Joe Kennedy III vacated to challenge Markey in 2020 (getting drubbed by double digits) has said he plans to run for reelection to Congress. But when pressed during an interview on WCVB's 'On the Record' at the start of the year, he didn't close the door on the idea. 'I don't rule things out proactively. I'm running for reelection to be a member of Congress,' he said. The slew of endorsements Markey's campaign is rolling out this morning also includes a batch of politicians from Newton, Auchincloss' hometown. State Reps. Amy Mah Sangiolo and Greg Schwartz, and former state Reps. Kay Khan and Ruth Balser are on the list, as is the city's mayor, Ruthanne Fuller. Markey, Fuller said in a statement, 'has consistently delivered for our families. Newton needs him back in the Senate as our advocate and champion.' Rounding out the list: State Reps. Kevin Honan, John Lawn, Brian Murray, Jeff Roy, Bill MacGregor, Josh Tarsky, Adam Scanlon, Tommy Vitolo, Jim Hawkins, Alan Silvia, Steve Ouellette and James Arena-DeRosa — and Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan, Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, former state Sen. Marc Pacheco, former state Rep. Paul Schmid and former Taunton mayors Thomas Hoye Jr. and Bob Nunes. Point of intrigue: Some of the names are the same ones that have been floated as potential candidates for Auchincloss' seat, should it open up. Markey didn't address the congressional district connection in a statement shared with Playbook. Instead, he said he's 'deeply grateful to have the support of these tremendous leaders who are dedicated to fighting every day for the health, safety, and futures of Massachusetts communities.' GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. The congressional tax bill could cover the cost of 10,000 Jayson Tatums, per the Boston Globe. Imagine how many Luke Kornets that would be. TODAY — Gov. Maura Healey has no public events. Lt. Gov. Kim Drsicoll speaks at the opening of a senior living community in what was formerly a high school at 11 a.m. in Beverly. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is on SparkFM at 10 a.m., cuts the ribbon at the grand opening of Mendez Barbershop at 10:45 a.m. in West Roxbury and attends the Somali Independence Day Festival at 4:15 p.m. Have a tip, story, suggestion, birthday, anniversary, new job, or any other nugget for the Playbook? Drop me a line: kgarrity@ EYES ON 2026 FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Democratic congressional hopeful Patrick Roath, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch, will report raising more than $286,000 from early May to the end of June, according to his campaign. Roath's haul is close to half of the more than $590,000 a former Lynch primary challenger, Robbie Goldstein, raised from 2019 to 2020 when he ran. The second quarter covers fundraising from April 1 through June 30, but Roath didn't officially launch his campaign until early May. Federal Election Commission reports are due July 15. Lynch still holds the cash advantage, with more than $1 million in his campaign coffers as of the end of March. DATELINE BEACON HILL — Beacon Hill Democrats ship Gov. Healey budget accord that boosts reliance on surtax by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald: 'Massachusetts lawmakers sent a $61 billion budget to Gov. Maura Healey Monday that requires residential brokers' fees to be covered by the party that enlists those services and boosts the state's reliance on a surtax on incomes over $1 million. The votes to advance the budget marked the first time since 2016 that lawmakers have sent a spending plan to the governor before the start of the next fiscal year. But Massachusetts is still set to kick off fiscal 2026 without a budget in place because Healey gets 10 days to review the proposal.' IN OTHER BUDGET NEWS — 'How do you negotiate with that?' Massachussets lawmakers cut a proposed pay hike for court-appointed attorneys amid work stoppage. by Matt Stout, The Boston Globe: 'Massachusetts legislative leaders sliced a measure from their $61 billion budget plan that would have raised the pay for some, but not all, of the state's court-appointed attorneys at a time many are already refusing to take new cases over pay rates they say are too low. Democratic leaders' decision to omit the proposal from their wider spending plan frustrated attorneys, known as bar advocates, who in late May launched a work stoppage that has pushed the state's courts to a breaking point. The measure contained in an earlier budget bill was far more limited than what attorneys have sought, and several said Monday it would not have addressed some of their deeper concerns about how bar advocates are compensated. The decision to cut it out of the final package nevertheless sent a message, they said.' — Healey administration shutters hotels, transfers families through HomeBASE program by Sarah Betancourt, GBH News: 'The Healey administration has closed all but a handful of hotel shelters, with two dozen programs shuttering this month alone. The remaining four hotel shelters will close by July 31. 'Providers and on-site case managers have been working closely with all impacted families to help them identify secure housing before the closing date,' said a spokesperson for the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities in an emailed message. At the start of the month, there were 623 families in the 24 hotel programs set to close by the end of June. Thirty total families are moving out of the 11 hotel shelters closing just today, and the rest have been transferred.' RELATED — 'I'm really worried.' With the state's hotel shelter system closing, families struggle to find places to live. by Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio and Jade Lozada, The Boston Globe. — Maura Healey loves TripAdvisor, values a good souvenir, and would travel with Oprah if she could by Juliet Pennington, The Boston Globe. FROM THE HUB — Boston fire union backs tax provisions in President Trump's 'big beautiful bill' amid local tensions by Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald: 'Boston fire union leadership was featured in an official White House promotional video for President Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill' proposal, speaking about the benefits they see in some of its tax breaks for firefighters. Sam Dillon and Leroy Heyward, the respective president and vice president of Boston Firefighters Local 718, joined leadership from the International Association of Fire Fighters in throwing their support behind certain tax provisions in the bill, in an Instagram video posted by the official White House account last Saturday.' — New England's first public housing complex is getting a makeover by Katie Lannan, GBH News: 'One of the largest public housing complexes in New England will get a complete overhaul over the next two decades in a redevelopment effort that kicked off Monday with a ceremonial groundbreaking. All 1,016 affordable apartments in the Mary Ellen McCormack complex in South Boston will be replaced throughout the course of the project, which will also add more than 2,000 new market-rate and middle-income homes.' — As foreign students reconsider coming to Boston, local businesses prepare for fallout by Tréa Lavery, MassLive. — Ruthzee Louijeune is the city's first Haitian American City Council president. Now she's fighting the Trump administration on immigration. by Jule Pattison-Gordon, Governing. FROM HARVARD YARD — Harvard inches closer to losing more federal money after civil rights accusation by Juan Perez Jr. and Megan Messerly, POLITICO: 'The Trump administration formally accused Harvard University of violating federal civil rights laws and failing to mount an appropriate response to alleged campus antisemitism. Monday's notice marked a stark and renewed threat to Harvard's federal funding amid quiet negotiations between the elite school and government authorities that have otherwise been replete with court fights, threats to Harvard's research funding and foreign student enrollment — and the recent possibility of a detente raised by President Donald Trump.' WARREN REPORT — Senators slam Lloyd Austin over new consulting firm by Daniel Lippman, POLITICO: 'Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Rick Scott are blasting former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for starting a D.C. consulting firm after saying he would not become a lobbyist after leaving the government. '[T]his move is particularly disappointing because you made a clear promise during your nomination hearing to uphold the public trust,' the bipartisan duo said in a letter to Austin on Monday obtained by POLITICO.' WATCH — Elizabeth Warren shocked to find agreement with Musk over megabill via CNN. DATELINE D.C. — The Senate megabill is on a collision course with House fiscal hawks by Benjamin Guggenheim, POLITICO: 'House fiscal hawks are looking at the math underlying Senate Republicans' sprawling domestic policy legislation, and they don't like what they see. As Senate Republicans try to muscle President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' for final passage, they're on track to violate a budget framework brokered between House fiscal hawks and Speaker Mike Johnson. Under that framework, if the GOP piles on tax cuts over $4 trillion, they'd need to match them dollar-for-dollar with additional spending cuts beyond the $1.5 trillion in the House-passed bill.' FROM THE 413 — Police misconduct, employment allegations have cost Springfield a whopping $11 million in recent years by Danny McDonald, The Boston Globe: 'In one case, police officers allegedly stomped on a man in a package store, breaking his nose and ankle. In another confrontation, cops allegedly shot an unarmed man twice. In a third, a woman died after complaining about chest pains and breathing difficulties while in police custody. In the wake of each of those instances, the City of Springfield paid money to settle claims of police misconduct. In a city dogged by allegations of endemic police malfeasance and corruption in recent years, Springfield has ponied up more than $11 million in taxpayer money to address claims of law enforcement wrongdoing since the second half of 2019, a Globe review of public records has found.' THE LOCAL ANGLE — Nearly 1 year after death of state Trooper Delgado-Garcia, family, lawmakers await answers by Kinga Borondy, Telegram & Gazette: 'Two months shy of the first anniversary of the death of Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia, the investigation into the circumstances surrounding his collapse and demise is yet to be finalized. Worcester city records show the cause of death is still pending on his death certificate. Like the cadet's family, Worcester lawmakers are awaiting the findings of an ongoing inquiry.' — Congress may cut funding to MassHealth. For some in New Bedford, it's a major source of support. by Abigail Pritchard, The New Bedford Light. HEARD 'ROUND THE BUBBLAH HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Tara Healey, Pierson Fowler and Amy Blum.
CNN
18-06-2025
- CNN
Live updates: Karen Read acquitted of murder of boyfriend John O'Keefe, but found guilty of drunk driving
Update: Date: 27 min ago Title: Read's brother says "hopefully in time" their lives will go back to normal after murder acquittal Content: The years of fighting her case in court has taken a toll not just on Karen Read, but on her family too. Read's older brother, Nathan Read, told CNN affiliate WCVB that he has watched his parents age through the process. 'My dad's 77, my mom's 75. We wanted this to end with the greatest possible news and I think we got that today,' he said. Her brother said 'hopefully in time' their lives will go back to normal, but tonight he said the family will celebrate with 'a really big dinner.' A jury convicted Read of drunk driving, but found her not guilty of the murder of her boyfriend, John O'Keefe. Read's defense has maintained that she had been framed and that off-duty law enforcement officers were responsible for his death. 'Sorry for their loss. We've always felt that way. John was a good man,' Nathan Read said. Update: Date: 1 hr 1 min ago Title: Watch the scene as the verdict is read in the Karen Read trial Content: Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly striking her off-duty police officer boyfriend and leaving him to die in January 2022, was acquitted of the most serious charge of second-degree murder. She was found guilty on a lesser charge of drunk driving. Read was sentenced to one-year probation and will not serve any jail time. Update: Date: 54 min ago Title: Loud and excited supporters greeted Read as she walked out of the courthouse after verdict Content: The scene outside the courthouse this afternoon when Karen Read came out to address her supporters was loud and full of energy. As she descended the courthouse steps to a podium, hundreds of people gathered screamed and cheered. Read waved and made the American Sign Language gesture for 'I love you,' something her supporters have been doing throughout the trial. The supporters have congregated in recent days in a sea of pink outside the courthouse, waiting for a verdict. The crowd is made up of people (and pets) of all demographics, including kids and dogs. The continued to cheer and chant until Read got into a car and drove away from the scene in Dedham, Massachusetts. Update: Date: 1 hr 13 min ago Title: Karen Read's father acknowledges daughter's strength following verdict Content: Karen Read's father Bill Read, speaking outside the courthouse in Dedham, Massachusetts, this afternoon acknowledged the strength of his daughter following the reading of the verdict. 'I want to acknowledge the strength of our daughter, Karen, the support of the entire Read extended family,' he said before going on to acknowledge what he called 'the greatest team of attorneys.' The jury in her second murder trial found her guilty of drunk driving, but not guilty of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. 'We thank everybody for their support from the heart,' he said. 'We love you all. All of the content providers, you helped spread the word. Thank you so much. God bless you all.' Update: Date: 1 hr 21 min ago Title: Read thanks legal team and supporters and says she has fought for justice for John O'Keefe Content: Karen Read thanked her legal team after being found not guilty of killing her boyfriend, John O'Keefe in 2022. Outside the courthouse, speaking to a crowd of people dressed in pink and firing off pink confetti, Read thanked her supporters. '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,' she said. She also said, 'No one has fought harder for justice for John O'Keefe than I have. Than I have, and my team.' Read's defense had maintained that she had been framed and off-duty law enforcement officers were responsible for O'Keefe's death. Update: Date: 44 min ago Title: Here's why the defense was successful in court this time around, according to a former litigator Content: Karen Read's first murder trial ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked on the charges and reported it could not come to a unanimous verdict. This time around Read was acquitted of the most serious charge of second-degree murder as well as leaving the scene of an accident resulting in the death of her off-duty police officer boyfriend. According to former litigator Lisa Bonner, the retrial verdict was different from the first due to the defense's 'vigorous cross-examination of the prosecution's witnesses.' 'I think that they went a lot harder,' Bonner told CNN's Jake Tapper. She went on to note that 'there was a lot of police misconduct that was brought to the front' and that it was 'a very effective defense.' 'The defense seemed to learn from the mistakes that they made last time and really just thinking that they might have had it in the bag, and really came back and vigorously put on a defense where they gave — you only need one to come up with reasonable doubt and they provided enough evidence it seems to really talk about and come back with a verdict that said, 'No, she did not do these things,' Bonner said. Read was found guilty of drunk driving and was sentenced to one year of probation, but will not face jail time. CNN's Eric Levenson contributed reporting. Update: Date: 1 hr 26 min ago Title: NOW: Karen Read speaks outside courthouse after being acquitted of killing boyfriend Content: Karen Read is now speaking outside the courthouse after being acquitted of killing her boyfriend. The jury in her second murder trial found her guilty of drunk driving, but not guilty of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. Read, as in her first murder trial, did not take the stand. However, jurors did hear her words when prosecutors played several clips from interviews and a documentary in which she participated. Update: Date: 1 hr 38 min ago Title: Read supporters celebrate outside courtside while also blasting district attorney Content: The crowd outside the courthouse is chanting 'Morrissey sucks,' referring to the Michael Morrissey, the Norfolk County district attorney who initially brought the murder charges against Karen Read. 'I've never seen this before. I've covered so many trials and they are very high-profile trials that have massive crowds like this, but they always hate the defendant,' CNN correspondent Jean Casarez said. Many in the crowd are wearing pink, in support of Read. They are holding up their phones and cheering, waiting for Read to come out of the courthouse. They also started singing 'God Bless America' at one point. Update: Date: 1 hr 48 min ago Title: Karen Read will not serve any jail time Content: Karen Read will not spend any time in jail after being acquitted of the most serious charges during her second murder trial. She will serve 1-year probation, according to the judge. The only charge she was convicted of was drunk driving. Because Read is a first time offender, after the verdict was read, the judge agreed to the year of probation, which was the Commonwealth's sentencing recommendation. Update: Date: 1 hr 53 min ago Title: Tearful Read hugs her lawyers and others in the courtroom after verdict Content: After the verdict was read in court, Karen Read hugged her lawyers and others supporting her in the courtroom. Wearing a light blue suit, she appeared to be crying and holding a tissue as he greeted those standing behind the defense table. A jury found Read was found not guilty for killing her boyfriend in 2022. Supporters of Read outside the courthouse cheered loudly when they learned of the verdict from inside. Throughout both trials, Read's supporters donned pink and championed her claims of innocence and echoed allegations of police corruption. Update: Date: 1 hr 51 min ago Title: Karen Read acquitted of killing her police officer boyfriend Content: Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of drunkenly striking her off-duty police officer boyfriend and leaving him to die in January 2022, was found guilty of drunk driving on Wednesday — though she was acquitted of the most serious charge of second-degree murder. Read was also found not guilty of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. She had pleaded not guilty to all charges, including vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. For the manslaughter charge, however, jurors were able to consider the lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide and operating under the influence. She was sentenced to one-year probation. She was not sentenced to jail time. Update: Date: 2 hr 3 min ago Title: Who's who of lawyers in Karen Read's retrial Content: The retrial of Karen Read was a rematch for the legal teams — a chance to prove their case after Read's last trial ended with a hung jury. Here's who's who: The prosecution: Among others, the defense includes: Update: Date: 2 hr 8 min ago Title: There was a false alarm on a verdict earlier today Content: The parties in Karen Read's retrial for the death of John O'Keefe were summoned back to the courthouse in Dedham, Massachusetts, earlier today after jurors apparently indicated they had reached a verdict — only to change their minds by the time Judge Beverly Cannone returned to the bench. 'But before I could summons everybody into court, shortly thereafter, they knocked again and said they didn't have a verdict,' Cannone said as CNN's count of jurors' deliberations reached 21 hours. The judge directed the court officer to place the verdict slip into an envelope and seal it. Cannone showed the envelope to the courtroom and said it would remain sealed and entered into the court record. She offered no details about what was included on the verdict slip, including whether it had been filled out. Shortly after the jury said it had changed their minds, the jurors notified the court they actually did come to a verdict. It is expected to be read in court shortly. Update: Date: 2 hr 12 min ago Title: JUST IN: Jury reaches verdict in Karen Read's second murder tial Content: Jurors have reached a verdict in Karen Read's second murder trial, according to the Norfolk Superior Court clerk. Read is accused of killing her boyfriend Boston police officer John O'Keefe in 2022. The jury deliberated for about 21 hours over four days. Read has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death. She faces up to life in prison if found guilty of second-degree murder. Update: Date: 2 hr 9 min ago Title: Here are some of the questions jurors asked during deliberations Content: The jury has reached a verdict in the second murder trial of Karen Read, but over their several days of deliberations, they sent some questions to the judge. In one, jurors asked: 'If we find not guilty on two charges but can't agree on one charge, is it a hung jury on all three charges, or just one charge?' Judge Beverly Cannone — who said the defense at first wanted her to ignore the question entirely — indicated that would be premature. She decided, over the defense's objections, to send jurors a note saying, 'This is a theoretical question, not a question I can answer.' Read has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The last trial: After Read's first trial ended with a hung jury, her defense attorneys claimed several jurors had come forward to say they had unanimously found Read not guilty of the murder and leaving the scene counts, and had deadlocked only on the charge of vehicular manslaughter. Some of the other questions included: Update: Date: 2 hr 13 min ago Title: Karen Read's supporters waited outside courthouse for verdict Content: As the jury deliberated, supporters of Karen Read waited outside the Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts. The sharply divergent theories on each side have split these suburbs outside Boston for the better part of three years. On one side, Read's supporters don pink, champion her claims of innocence and echo allegations of police corruption. They have congregated in recent days in a sea of pink outside the courthouse, holding their hands up in the American Sign Language gesture for 'I love you,' rather than loudly chant 'Free Karen Read.' Meanwhile, O'Keefe's family and close friends, much more subdued, wear blue. But CNN has not seen them outside the courthouse among Read's advocates, only glimpsing them as they walk into and out of the courthouse, escorted by law enforcement. Update: Date: 2 hr 5 min ago Title: What we heard in closing arguments Content: The closing arguments Friday mark the apex of not one, but two trials that have divided these suburbs south of Boston for the better part of three years, spawning a vocal contingent of court watchers who fiercely advocate for the defendant, echo her allegations of police corruption and chant, 'Free Karen Read.' Each side had one hour and 15 minutes on Friday to sum up their cases. Prosecutors tried to synthesize the many threads they explored into one compelling story, while the defense worked to seed enough 'reasonable doubt' in jurors' minds to convince them the Commonwealth failed to meet its burden of proof. Both were hoping their version resonated with jurors to render a verdict in their side's favor – something each side was denied at the conclusion of the first trial last July, when the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict after four days of deliberating, forcing Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone to declare a mistrial. Read did not testify in either trial, though she appeared to consider the idea throughout the retrial. Prosecutors presented clips taken from interviews Read gave the media, trying to use her words against her to highlight inconsistencies in her account and bolster their theory. The jury is deliberating the fate of Karen Read in the murder trial of her Boston Police Officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe. CNN's Jean Casarez shares the biggest moments from closing arguments of the trial. #cnn #news #karenread #johnokeefe #karenreadtrial Update: Date: 2 hr 3 min ago Title: Prosecution has used a host of data to argue its case. What to know about 36 key steps Content: Earlier in the second murder trial of Karen Read, prosecutors argued that 36 steps recorded by a health app could be pivotal in the case. Read is on trial for allegedly backing her SUV into John O'Keefe, her boyfriend and a Boston police officer, killing him. The defense, however, is arguing O'Keefe was killed by other people inside the house. The health app information — just one of the many pieces of data the commonwealth is using in its case — maps out O'Keefe's last movements. Prosecutors called a forensic examiner to the stand, who testified about this location data to show O'Keefe didn't go into the house. Watch a recap of the critical evidence:
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Yahoo
33-year-old man critically injured in shooting outside Brockton shopping plaza
Brockton Police are investigating a shooting that left a 33-year-old man critically injured Monday, June 2, police spokesperson Darren Duarte said. The incident occurred shortly before 5:14 p.m. at 21 Torrey St., outside the Wingstop in the Points West Plaza shopping mall. The victim, described by police as being critically injured, was transported to the hospital for treatment. According to reporting by WCVB, a witness, who chose not to reveal their identity, said they saw the victim injured after the shooting. "I saw a man down holding his chest, and two Wingstop employees were trying to help him," the witness told WCVB. "I saw two people on a moped, they were running, and they looked like they were in a rush." Witnesses said the scooter took off near Belmont Street, and police initiated a chase after it, WCVB reported. The investigation is currently ongoing, Duarte said. This article originally appeared on The Enterprise: Brockton Police investigate shooting outside Wingstop restaurant
