Judge blocks the defense of Karen Read to call up the retired FBI agent

One day before the start of the jury for the second trial of Karen Read, which supervised the case, the case gave a decision that blocked one of the planned experts in defense from the statement in the case.

Judge Beverly Cannon decided on Monday that the retired FBI special agent Michael Easter could not be appointed to testify about his criticism of the investigation of the death of the police officer of the Boston police officer, John O’keefes.

“The Court finds that the jury does not need expert statements to determine whether the investigation was not neglected by no failure to follow procedures or to pursue other suspects,” wrote Cannone.

Read, 45, from Mansfield, did not guilty to make a second degree murder and other charges guilty. The public prosecutor says she met her friend O’keefe with her vehicle outside a house in Canton during a snowstorm on January 29, 2022 after a night of drinking. Your defense team argues that someone else was responsible for killing O’keefe, and reading is a victim of a cover -up.

Hundreds of additional jury were called for the second legal proceedings, and the judge has extended the buffer zone around the courthouse by up to 200 feet.

The WCVB right analyst Martha Coakley said that some differences are expected in the second process.

“What the judge tries to do is to exclude external, foreign things that could consciously or unconsciously influence particularly potential jurors if they are selected and while they are sitting through the process,” said Coakley. “You have the same defense team with a few additions. You have a new prosecutor with a new approach and I think it will look different.”

Read’s first process ended in July 2024 with a hunger jury. Since then, the leading investigator Michael Proctor has been released by the Massachusetts state police after he had admitted to having sent inappropriate texts about reading during the examination.

Proctor is listed as a witness for both sides in the second process.

Canton policeman Kevin Albert and Massachusetts State Police SGT. Yuri Bukhenik was also disciplined, and Detective Lt. Brian Tully was laid from the district of the district in Norfolk.

Impaneling of the jury starts on Tuesday and probably lasts several weeks.

On Sunday, the organizers organized one of the last opportunities for the followers of Read in this way in this way to gather in this way in municipalities throughout the state such as Canton, Dedham, New Bedford, Randolph and Worcester.

The supporter Dina Warchal was at Dedham on Sunday at one of the rallies and said she protested for several reasons.

“We fight for truth, justice, transparency and want things in the state of Massachusetts,” said Warchal. “Karen Read could be all of us, and it has to stop. This is our opportunity to change the way it is. The police must be responsible for the wrong things they do.”

Another supporter said that they not only gather for reading, but also for O’keefe.

“We are there for you. To show justice and have justice for you and officer John O’keefe,” said Bonnie Fitzgibbons. “Because he’s the key player here.”

What to know about the case:

Read, 45, from Mansfield, did not guilty to make a second degree murder and other charges guilty. The public prosecutor said she met her friend John O’keefe with her vehicle outside a house in Canton during a snowstorm on January 29, 2022 after a night of drinking. Your defense team argued that someone else was responsible for killing O’keefe.

The defense focused on allegations of a cover -up in which members of several law enforcement authorities were involved. They say that O’keefe was beaten in the house, bitten by a dog and then left outside.

The certificate in Read’s first attempt began on April 29 after opening statements. It ended on July 1, when the jurors gave to be hopelessly coordinated, and a Mistrial was explained.

Read’s team swores to continue fighting, and their defense has led a considerable struggle in several courts and tried to let charges fall or to accuse the case completely. In the meantime, a federal investigation of the case was concluded without being charged against the police.