6.14.24 CRU with Nancy Grace: Police Misconduct or Wrongful Accusation? The Karen Read Case

Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum

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4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Nancy Grace and Sheryl McCollum debate the controversial Karen Read case in today's CRU. They examine the evidence, question the credibility of witnesses, and discuss the potential outcomes of the trial. Nancy and Sheryl highlight the procedural failures of the investigation, the intense public opinion, and the emotional toll on all parties involved. Ultimately Nancy and Sheryl leave the audience with potential outcomes of the trial. Did Karen murder John O’Keefe? Is this a police cover-up?

Show Notes:

(0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week’s crime roundup
(1:00) Sheryl and Nancy discuss the public reactions to Karen Read’s case
(5:00) Discussion on the state's evidence and witness credibility
(7:30) Nancy’s opinion on the case
(9:30) Sheryl argues lead investigators toughness and credibility
(10:45) Integrity of the prosecutor
(16:45) Determining the truth
(22:00) Discussion on the potential outcomes of the trial
(27:00) Thoughts on Jennifer McCabe
(34:00) Closing thoughts

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Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime- fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases.

In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Crime Roundup with Nancy Grace and Cheryl McCollum.
0:13.8	Y'all better hang on to your beds today.
0:17.2	It is Reed, Karen Reed, Trooper Proctor, all morning.
0:22.3	Good morning, Ms. Grace. How are you, Sugar?
0:24.8	Well, I tell you what, I'm a little shell shot.
0:27.7	You know, Cheryl, you and I do not have any skin in the game.
0:33.1	No dog in the fight.
0:34.8	I'm not trying this case.
0:36.5	I did not investigate this case. I am responding to what I
0:40.1	see coming out of the courtroom and I have never seen, well, maybe I have and I'm not remembering
0:45.4	them. So many bitter people angry because we have an opinion different than their opinion. I don't get it.
0:53.2	I don't get it either.
0:54.7	And I've never seen a case where there's no gray. It is team Karen Reed or team John O'Keefe,
1:02.6	and that's it. Well, here's what I think the problem is. I think the state's got very compelling
1:09.2	evidence, strong evidence. But I think the state's got very compelling evidence, strong evidence,
1:11.6	but I think the state's witnesses have some credibility problems.
1:17.6	And as you kept pointing out to me on MSM,
1:21.9	which is hitting YouTube today,
1:23.9	when the lead investigator does not go to the crime scene,
1:29.9	that's terrible.
1:33.9	That is a huge, huge dereliction of duty.
1:38.5	I mean, before I would take a case to a trial, and I certainly was not the lead investigator, I would go interview all the witnesses, look for other witnesses, take my own photos, and of course go the crime
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