{"id":124269,"date":"2025-06-26T08:02:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/26\/karen-read-post-trial-arguments-get-saucy\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T08:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:02:42","slug":"karen-read-post-trial-arguments-get-saucy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/26\/karen-read-post-trial-arguments-get-saucy\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Read Post-Trial Arguments Get Saucy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/gavel-3575414_640-620x341.jpg?resize=620%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84296\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>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\u2019s case. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2014 Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/06\/24\/karen-read-alan-jackson-lambasts-prosecutors-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">responding to an earlier statement<\/a> by special prosecutor Hank Brennan. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/06\/23\/karen-read-special-prosecutor-hank-brennan-statement-verdict\/?p1=article_recirc_inline_feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">prosecutor\u2019s statement<\/a> alluded to witness intimidation as undermining the verdict. Jackson\u2019s 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\u2019Keefe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/06\/karen-read-post-trial-arguments-get-saucy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karen Read Post-Trial Arguments Get Saucy<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/gavel-3575414_640-620x341.jpg?resize=620%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84296\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>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\u2019s case. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2014 Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/06\/24\/karen-read-alan-jackson-lambasts-prosecutors-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">responding to an earlier statement<\/a> by special prosecutor Hank Brennan. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/crime\/2025\/06\/23\/karen-read-special-prosecutor-hank-brennan-statement-verdict\/?p1=article_recirc_inline_feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">prosecutor\u2019s statement<\/a> alluded to witness intimidation as undermining the verdict. Jackson\u2019s 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\u2019Keefe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s case. \u2014 Karen Read attorney Alan Jackson, responding to an earlier statement by special prosecutor Hank Brennan. 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