For him to attempt to supplant his personal views for that of the jury is a desperate attempt to save face in the wake of a unanimous rejection of the prosecution’s case.
— Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson, responding to an earlier statement by special prosecutor Hank Brennan. The prosecutor’s statement alluded to witness intimidation as undermining the verdict. Jackson’s response cited the professional rules to admonish Brennan that prosecutors should not question the legitimacy of the justice system. Read was acquitted in the case of the January 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
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For him to attempt to supplant his personal views for that of the jury is a desperate attempt to save face in the wake of a unanimous rejection of the prosecution’s case.
— Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson, responding to an earlier statement by special prosecutor Hank Brennan. The prosecutor’s statement alluded to witness intimidation as undermining the verdict. Jackson’s response cited the professional rules to admonish Brennan that prosecutors should not question the legitimacy of the justice system. Read was acquitted in the case of the January 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
