Jurors, including six alternates, heard blistering closing arguments from Read's defense who argued that the case "was corrupted from the start," while the government insisted she hit her boyfriend Jo

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the murder trial of Karen Read began deliberating Friday after weeks of testimony in a highly divisive case in which the prosecution’s theory of jaded love turned deadly is countered by a defense claim that a cast of tight-knit Boston area law enforcement killed a fellow police officer.

The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began.

Attorneys in the Karen Read retrial presented very different versions of what happened on Jan. 29, 2022, in closing arguments that echoed their openings now more than a month and a half ago. Back then,

As a verdict in the Karen Read murder retrial looms in the coming weeks, John O’Keefe’s cousin told Boston 25 exclusively they’re ready for the “nightmare” to be somewhat over.

After nearly eight weeks of testimony, Massachusetts prosecutors and defense attorneys for Karen Read are presenting their closing arguments in her retrial for the death of John O’Keefe,

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Without the jury in the room, prosecutors and Read’s defense will convene for a charge conference starting at 10 a.m. — the final time lawyers will be able to argue procedural issues before delivering their closing arguments. At the conference, lawyers for both sides will present their proposed jury instructions to Judge Beverly Cannone.