(13 Jun 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dedham, Massachusetts – 12 June 2025
1. Wide of Karen Read arriving in court, accompanied by her team of attorneys
2. Close up of signage expressing support for Karen Read and her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe that she is accused of killing
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Marlborough, Massachusetts – 11 June 2025
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Medwed, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University:
"Last year in 2024, Karen Read’s trial resulted in a mistrial. And that has led to a new trial in 2025. Again, she’s charged with three crimes, second degree murder, based on the idea that she intentionally struck her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer with her car, that she engaged in manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol, and that she’d left the scene of the crime."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dedham, Massachusetts – 12 June 2025
4. Close up of signage outside the Norfolk County Superior Court building where Read’s trial is underway
5. Tilt-up view of the golden dome atop the courthouse
POOL
Dedham, Massachusetts – 12 June 2025
6. Norfolk County Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone discusses trial logistics with prosecutors and defense attorneys
UPSOUND (English) Judge Beverly Cannone, Norfolk County Superior Court: “The goal would be to hear arguments from both counsel and then take an early lunch break.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Marlborough, Massachusetts – 11 June 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Medwed, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University:
"So, the prosecution case proceeded over 23 days and they called 38 different witnesses, including first responders, family members of John O’Keefe, the decedent, the medical examiner, forensic experts, and friends of Karen Read. The prosecution theory was that Karen Reed, while in a drunken state after a night of excessive alcohol consumption, hit her boyfriend, Karen … John O’Keefe, left him to die in the snow. The prosecution case culminated in the testimony of a crash reconstruction expert who tried to posit that, in fact, John O’Keefe’s injuries were consistent with being struck by a car. And then at the very end of the prosecution case, the special prosecutor, Hank Brennan, played a clip of an interview that Karen Read had done in which she acknowledged the possibility that she might have struck John O’Keefe."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dedham, Massachusetts – 12 June 2025
8. Read leaves the courthouse and answers some questions from reporters
UPSOUND (English) Reporter: “How important is that to have that verdict slip right?”
Read: “Very important, as I … as I learned the hard way.”
9. Read walks to her SUV
Reporter: “Why did you decide to drop a third-party defense?”
Read: “That was a court ruling. That wasn’t our request.”
10. Read boards her SUV
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dedham, Massachusetts – 22 April 2025
11. Close up of signage claiming that state criminal justice officials framed Read and committed other injustices against other innocent victims
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Marlborough, Massachusetts – 11 June 2025
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Medwed, Professor of Law and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dedham, Massachusetts – 12 June 2025
13. Close up of Read saying goodbye to supporters as her SUV drives away
STORYLINE:
Lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read are set to give their closing arguments after weeks of testimony.
The highly divisive case has hinged on the prosecution’s theory of jaded love turned deadly.
Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9acab140be3b4b2a9100f4d8dcde56e1
Author: AP Archive
Go to Source
News post in June 18, 2025, 6:04 am.
Visit Our Sponsor’s:
News Post In – News
