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• Karen Read attends her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

• A supporter of Karen Read holds a sign prior to the day’s session outside Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, in Dedham. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

• Judge Beverly Cannone talks with defense attorney Robert Alessi during the Karen Read trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pool Photo/Charles Krupa)

• Karen Read talks with her attorney, Robert Alessi, during her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pool Photo/Charles Krupa)

• Karen Read talks with her defense team before the start of court and the jury is seated during her retrial in Norfolk Superior Court, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

• Dedham, MA – June 10 – Andrew Rentschler testifies at the Karen Read trial on the injuries John O’Keefe received when he died. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

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  Defense witness Dr. Elizabeth Laposata on the stand answers questions during the Karen Read retrial on Tuesday. (Staff photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

• Dedham, MA – June 10 – Autopsy photo of the injured arm of deceased Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe during the Karen Read trial.

• Prosecutor Hank Brennan during the Karen Read trial. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

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  Karen Read sits with her attorneys David Yannetti and Robert Alessi as they listen to prosecutor Hank Brennan during Read’s trial on Tuesday. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

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  Karen Read looks surprised during her trial as prosecutor Hank Brennan makes a point. (Staff photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

• Accident reconstruction specialist Dr. Daniel Wolfe testifies during Karen Read’s murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Friday, June 6, 2025.(Mark Stockwell/The Sun Chronicle via AP, Pool)

• Dighton Police Sgt. Nicholas Barros is questioned during the retrial of Karen Read at Norfolk Superior Court. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)

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  Canton DPW snowplow driver Brian Loughran on the witness stand during the Karen Read retrial at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham Tuesday. (Greg Derr/Pool)

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  Blogger Aiden Kearney, right, and Canton community cable reporter Andria Galvin talk during a sidebar at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham Tuesday. (Greg Derr/Pool)

• Defense attorney Alan Jackson questions Dighton Police Sgt. Nicholas Barros about the damaged tail light—an element central to the case—during the Karen Read murder retrial at Norfolk Superior Court. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)

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  Karen Read watches, and defense attorney David Yannetti reacts to, the testimony of Boston Police Officer Kelly Dever during her murder retrial Monday. (Pat Greenhouse/Pool)

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  Boston Police Officer Kelly Dever, formerly with Canton Police, testifies during the murder retrial of Karen Read Monday. (Pat Greenhouse/Pool)

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  Forensic pathologist Dr. Marie Russell testifies about injuries to the back of someone’s arm during the murder retrial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Monday.

• Dedham, MA – May 27 – Dr. Welcher, Biomechanical Engineer and Accident Reconstructionist testifies during the Karen Read trial. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

• Dedham, MA – May 27 – Defense attorney Robert Alessi during the Karen Read trial. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

• Dedham, MA – May 27 – Dr. Welcher, Biomechanical Engineer and Accident Reconstructionist testifies during the Karen Read trial. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

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  Howie says Norfolk County’s DA Michael “Meatball” Morrissey, right, and his railroading of Karen Read is business as usual for a county that needs an overhaul. (Collage of Herald file photos)

• Dedham, MA – May 27 – Peggy O’Keefe, the mother of deceased Boston police officer John O’Keefe and her son, Paul O’Keefe during the Karen Read trial. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

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  Massachusetts State Police forensic scientist Christina Hanley discusses glass fragment evidence during Karen Read’s murder trial Wednesday. (Greg Derr/Pool photo)

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  Brain surgeon Dr. Aizik Wolf testifies about the injuries to John O’Keefe during Karen Read’s murder trial Wednesday. (Greg Derr/Pool photo)

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  Forensic scientist from the Mass. State Police Crime Lab, Christina Hanley, testifies at the the Karen Read trial Tuesday. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

• Dedham, MA – May 20 – Defense attorney Robert Alessi reacts during the Karen Read trial. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

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  Digital forensics analyst Shanon Burgess looks up at defense attorney Robert Alessi from the witness stand at the Karen Read murder trial. (Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

• Ashley Vallier, a forensic scientist with the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab, testifies during the trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court Friday. (Mark Stockwell/Pool photo)

• William Read gives his daughter Karen Read the thumbs up after court ended for the day for her second murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday in Dedham. (Mark Chavous/Enterprise News via AP, Pool)

• Prosecuting attorney Laura McLaughlin questions Mass State Police detective Zachery Clark in Norfolk SUperior Court during the Karen Read case on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Pool photo/Mark Chavous

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  State police Sgt. Yuri Bukhenik gestures on the witness stand Monday in the retrial of Karen Read at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham. (Pat Greenhouse/ Pool photo)

• Dedham, MA – Karen Read leaves with her attorney Alan Jackson during lunch break at Norfolk Superior Court. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)

• Dedham, MA – Tina Alva (R) holds a sign as Karen Read supporters demonstrate outside the buffer zone at Norfolk Superior Court. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)

• Dedham, MA – Scott McGuinness holds a sign as Karen Read supporters demonstrate outside the buffer zone at Norfolk Superior Court. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald)

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  Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Yuriy Bukhenik holds up a hat which was found on the yard where John O’Keefe’s body was found during the trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court Thursday, in Dedham. (Pool Photo/Charles Krupa)

• Massachusetts State Police Sergeant Yuriy Bukhenik holds up the pants which John O’Keefe wore during the trial of Karen Read in Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Pool Photo/Charles Krupa)

• Cell phone data taken from Jennifer McCabe’s cell phone recovered by Jessica Hyde.

  Testimony continues in the Karen Read murder trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Dedham Massachusetts on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

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• Witness Jessica Hyde a digital forensic data analyst talks about data on Jennifer McCabe’s cell phone from Jan. 29, 2022…..Testimony continues in the Karen Read murder trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Dedham Massachusetts on Wednesday May 7, 2025. ..Greg Derr/pool photo

• Dedham , MA – May 6 – Karen Read during her trial at Norfolk Superior Court. Photo By Matt Stone/Boston Herald)

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Karen Read attends her trial at Norfolk Superior Court, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)

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