Karen Read Murder Trial: The Hung Jury Verdict
Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum
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4.4 • 696 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Karen Read, 43, of Mansfield, is accused of second-degree murder and other charges. The prosecution says she hit her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her vehicle outside of a home in Canton during a snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking.
The judge declared a mistrial in the high-profile Massachusetts murder case.
Guest Bio and Links:
Joshua Schiffer is an attorney providing legal services covering Criminal Defense, Personal Injury. Listeners can learn more about Joshua Schiffer at his website.
Franz Borghardt is the Founder of the Borghardt Law Firm in Louisiana. He is a former prosecutor and public defender, as well as, an expert in jury selection and cell phone search and seizure. Listeners can learn more about Franz Borghardt at his website.
In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, is joined by esteemed legal experts, Joshua Schiffer and Franz Borghardt to dissect the recent hung jury verdict in the high-profile Karen Read case. They explore the intricacies of the trial, the strategies employed by both the defense and prosecution and the implications of a potential retrial. The trio also discusses the challenges of legal defense, jury dynamics, and the broader impacts on the criminal justice system.
Show Notes:
- (0:00) Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum
- (0:30) Sheryl welcomes guests, Joshua Schiffer and Franz Borghardt to the listeners
- (5:00) Overview of the Karen Read case
- (8:30) Discussion on the prosecution's approach
- (12:30) Witness credibility and impact on the jury
- (15:10) Proctor's testimony
- (22:45) Lack of detail in police reports
- (29:00) Opinions on Karen Read round two
- (37:30) Proctor's investigation
- (46:29) “Half-ass action yields half-ass results”
- (47:15) Final thoughts and legal insights
- (50:00) “I believe in people. Human beings deep down are essentially good. Any jury can filter through whatever bull they might throw their way and use common sense to get to the truth of a case.” -K.G
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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. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.
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| 0:00.0 | Y'all, we had a neighbor growing up that sometimes she would look at my mother and just say, |
| 0:13.2 | I've got to take to my bed, because there was just something she could not deal with. |
| 0:18.2 | And I am sure there are a lot of people that feel that way after today. |
| 0:23.1 | Karen Reed, Karen Reed, Karen Reed, we got a hung jury. This is beyond anything that I have seen |
| 0:29.8 | in a long time, if ever. And we have got two folks with us that we are so grateful to have with us for many, many reasons. |
| 0:39.8 | The first, Joshua Schiffer. |
| 0:42.3 | Y'all love him. |
| 0:43.6 | He is solidly in my Zone 7. |
| 0:46.4 | He has been a staple here for us to weed through some insanity, and tonight ain't no different. |
| 0:53.1 | Y'all know that he grew up in East Cobb, graduated from |
| 0:56.5 | the esteemed Walker School, and then y'all he headed north to Clark University and of all places, |
| 1:04.1 | Massachusetts. So he's got some great insight for tonight. He also graduated from the Georgia State University Law School, where he |
| 1:13.5 | excelled in mock trial and moot court. He went on to clerk for Cobb Superior Court, then |
| 1:20.4 | became a public defender. Then he went up to Wyoming and graduated from the Jerry Spence |
| 1:26.0 | Trial Lawyers College. Then he came back to Atlanta to |
| 1:29.4 | honey burn this thing down again. So y'all love him. We need him tonight more than ever. And he has |
| 1:36.1 | brought a friend. And I could not be more excited. I've been a fan of this man for a long time. |
| 1:43.8 | He and Joshua both. |
| 1:45.8 | Y'all, the suits, the clothes are just, I don't even know a word, just beautiful, stunning. |
| 1:54.3 | He wore recently a sear sucker that was purple. |
| 1:59.9 | Y'all shut the front door. |
| 2:02.0 | It's the prettiest thing I've ever seen. |
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