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| Karen Read in court after the not not guilty verdict |
BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| LAW
Source: BBC
A United States woman named Karen Read was found not guilty of running over her police officer boyfriend and leaving him for dead in a snow bank. She was found guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter.
Read, 44, was drunk at the time and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
Her then boyfriend police officer John O'Keefe's death was so difficult to judge the jury was not able to reach a verdict.
From the BBC:
Ms Read was greeted by loud cheers as she emerged from the building to thank supporters. The crowd chanted "Free Karen Read" and made "I love you" signs in American Sign Language. Some waved US flags and sang God Bless America.
"No-one has fought harder for justice for John O'Keefe than I have," she said in a brief statement.
Ms Read's trial has generated intense public interest, spawning a Hulu television show, several podcasts, and an upcoming Netflix documentary.
Her father, William Read, thanked "all the content providers who helped spread the word".
The O'Keefe family left court still without comment.
But several witnesses in the case said on Wednesday the outcome was "a devastating miscarriage of justice".
Their statement said they "lament the cruel reality that this prosecution was infected by lies and conspiracy theories spread by Karen Read, her defense team, and some in the media".
Apparently, Mr. O'Keefe was beaten inside the house, bitten by a dog, and dumped into the snow to die. The defense claimed she was a victim of an elaborate setup by local police.
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