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Karen Reid The decision of the defense team not to call her to the witness stand is a gambling game that can help or interfere with the case after the murder was caused by the case that allowed the jury to hear the reading event in her own words.
Read face with the possibility of life in prison for alleged murder Her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’KIF. According to the prosecution, he read the impressed O’kefe with his SUV lexus in a drunken argument, leaving him to freeze to death in the front court of the friend’s party, shortly after the north of January 29, 2022.
The reading defense team insists that her car never contacted with O’Keefe, and there was no collision.
“When I first came to practice, it was” never put the customer on the stand, “said Fox News Digital, which is the New York defender Louis Gelamino.” But I usually disagree with that time. I think we won the biggest victories when we put our customer on the stand. ”
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Karen read walks with one of his lawyers Alan Jackson during the trial, May 27, 2025, in Deedem, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald via AP, pool)
On Tuesday the defense submitted the team Offered by jury instructions This indicates that reading will not take the position in her court.
“As you know, Ms Reed did not testify in this lawsuit,” the instructions read. “You may not think that against her. Ms Reed has absolute right not to testify because, as I explained, she is supposedly innocent and should not do anything to convince you that she is innocent.”
The instructions emphasize that the reason read has decided not to take on In her trial. Legal experts tell Fox News Digital to avoid the defendant from the conversation, may not always be the best choice.
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Karen read, and John O’KIF is posing for unscatched photography. (Read Karen)
Gelamine said he believed that reading will put strong results at the witness stand, but the calling to show it will not do without risks.
“I think the reason they hide it is that they do not want her to explain all these videos they saw about her without acting in a good way,” Gelamino said.
Karen read negotiations with his lawyers Robert Alesia and David Jani during a trial in Norfolk’s trial, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Deedem, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald via AP, pool)
Hank Brennan’s special prosecutor has played numerous clips from Richie’s television interviews, choosing clips that can potentially damage the protection.
“I’m curious too, I said,” Can I hit him, “” Read the said In an interview with 2024 with an investigation. “Did I tell me that I said I struck him. And I knew I could never say it, so the closest thing I had to say was,” Did I hit him? “
In the video, read the questions when “really (said) it is as many times as law enforcement.”
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In another video, she told about the hide of her own drinks with extra shots because they were not strong enough.
Gelamin said the defense team probably On cross -interrogationPerhaps opening the door for days of intense interrogation from the state.
“They do not want her to explain all this wrong behavior or what people think it will be bad behavior,” Gelamino said.
But the choice to open the stand can potentially prevent it from providing explanations for her statements in an interview, as well as to clarify her side of history.
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Hank Brennan’s prosecutor calls into question the witness during the Karen’s murder trial in Norfolk court, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Deedem, Massachusetts. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald via AP, pool)
“There are two sides of each coin,” said Gelormino Fox News Digital. “You can dress her and try to explain it or you can avoid it.”
Gelamine pointed to the reality that he reads may seem defensive, offering an explanation for her stories to the camera, which can change the perception of her jury.
“As a defender, you will have to clear it,” Gelamin said. “So you will spend a lot of time protecting your character there.”
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Karen Reed comes to court on the 22nd day in the Karen murder court read Norfolk’s Supreme Court in Dedem, Massachusetts, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (Greg Derr / The Patriot Ledger / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
The video creates a new obstacle to the defense, as the first trial was not played in the first trial.
“The first jury, almost convicted of read about the murder, working under the influence,” said the Supreme Court Judge and Professor of the Law of Boston College Jack Lou. “It was without video recordings.
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Lou said the defense did not try to refer to the videos and did not provide context regarding the Read event at this moment.
“So, the same lawsuit plus a devastating video where the jurors are almost convicted, bad for protection,” Lou said.
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As the defense continues to call on witnesses, a noticeable lack of reading testimony will probably be fully felt only after the jury read their sentence, and the accusation acts as a one that decided to include its words in the courtroom.
“Based on the fact that the last time they had a jury (defense) is decent,” Gelamino Fox News Digital said. “So you want to ruin this to protect its actions and character over the next two -three days on the stand? This is a tough solution.”
