(25 Jun 2024)
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Dedham, Massachusetts – 25 June 2024
1. Various of the judge at the beginning of closing arguments
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Jackson, Defense Attorney:
"The Commonwealth claims that Karen Read pulled up to 34 Fairview. John (O’Keefe) got out of the car. She reversed into him and hit him and then she drove home. That’s four facts. Just four facts. That’s all it is. What evidence do they actually have to prove that that SUV ever hit John? The answer is none. They don’t have any. There’s no evidence whatsoever that Karen Read’s vehicle ever struck John O’Keefe. Or that Karen Read ever wanted to strike John O’Keefe. In fact, every single piece of material evidence in this case unequivocally proves the opposite. John went into that house. That SUV was not damaged by hitting John, and John’s injuries did not come from being hit by a car."
3. Close up of images on a video monitor showing the tail light and vehicle presented as evidence
4. Karen Read in the courtroom
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5. Close up of signage supporting Read outside the courthouse
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Jackson, Defense Attorney:
"Let’s talk about the truth concerning John’s injuries first. The Commonwealth’s own medical examiner, Dr. (Irini) Scordi-Bello could not conclude that John was hit by a car. Think about that. And she would not even say that it was a homicide. She told you without any dispute in this case, quote, ‘evidence pointing toward one manner of death is no more compelling than evidence of a competing manner of death’ end quote. Her words, not mine. She went on to say, it’s just as likely that he was punched and fell backward. His injuries are consistent with that. In fact, in her expert opinion, his injuries are consistent with a physical altercation, as she testified, but they are not – in her words – not classical injuries from an auto pedestrian accident. That by itself is reasonable doubt."
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7. Various of Read’s supporters outside the courthouse
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Jackson, Defense Attorney:
"According to the Commonwealth’s best and brightest, trooper (Joe) Paul, John absorbed the entirety of the collision – a whole collision with that three-and-a-half ton SUV – entirely with his right arm launching him some 30ft. But amazingly, the arm suffered no break, no fracture, and didn’t even get a bruise. So how are those injuries properly explained? The evidence is simple. John got into an altercation. He was punched. He tried to defend himself by putting his hands up. He may have even scratched his own nose by putting his hands in front of his face to defend himself. His hands were bruised in covering up…"
9. Read in the courtroom
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Lally, Prosecutor:
"’I hit him. I hit him. I hit him. I hit him,’ was the words of the defendant. Four times. You heard testimony from four different witnesses who overheard and observed those statements from the defendant on January 29th, 2020."
11. Close up of video monitor showing a timeline of events leading to the death of O’Keefe
UPSOUND (English) Adam Lally, Prosecutor: “1237 is when the defendant leaves this voicemail.”
UPSOUND (English) Karen Read, Accused of killing police officer boyfriend: “John, I fucking hate you!”
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Adam Lally, Prosecutor:
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Judge Beverly Canonne, Norfolk County Superior Court:
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