Boston police department, Karen Read
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Alan Jackson told the magazine that his firm would’ve billed a combined $10 million for both trials. Read's financial arrangement with her legal team hasn’t been disclosed.
Read’s defense attorneys argued that O’Keefe, who allegedly had a long-standing disagreement with someone at the party, was severely injured during an argument at the party and may have been attacked by a dog given the deep wounds on his arm.
Jurors begin deliberations in Karen Read's second murder trial after Friday's closing arguments and judicial instructions from Judge Beverly Cannone.
Fresh off acquittal, Boston woman teams with her lawyer Alan Jackson on both a film and book project about her ordeal
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Former professor Karen Read owes millions in legal fees after her acquittal in the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe. Her defense team charged up to $1,500 per hour.
Karen Read's fate in jurors' hands following month-long retrial with dramatic dashcam footage, expert testimony challenging vehicle collision theory, and powerful closing arguments.
The trial’s most debated digital artifact was a Google search from Jen McCabe’s iPhone: “hos long to die in cold.”
In the second trial for the case, the jury found Read not guilty on charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death and guilty of leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death. They did find her guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence.
Less than a month after Karen Read was acquitted of murder, she is taking steps to seek the dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed by John O'Keefe's family.