Is anyone following the Karen Read trial?

[dvcgirl67]

I'm surprised there isn't a thread on this one here because it's all over the news. I'd heard of it, but didn't know the whole sort of "scoop" until we recently watched the five part series on Max, "A Body in the Snow". So now I'm following the retrial. Wondering if anyone is following along and has opinions either way. Personally, I think there's far too much reasonable doubt to convict her on anything other than a DUI. Anyway, maybe there isn't enough interest for a discussion, but thought I'd throw it out there.

 

[Lucys dad]

I’ve been watching it. Obviously tragic to see a life lost but I find almost all of the ‘participants’ a pretty unlikeable bunch. A complete circus. Not a great advert for that community

 

[dvcgirl67]

I’ve been watching it. Obviously tragic to see a life lost but I find almost all of the ‘participants’ a pretty unlikeable bunch. A complete circus. Not a great advert for that community

I know, it's pretty crazy all-around. I'm not sure there's a conspiracy here, but this is one immeshed group of people. It's like the entire town got together to line up their stories. Also, do not drive in Canton Massachusetts after roughly 9pm, because everyone is hammered and behind the wheel. Just insane.

 

[pezgirlroy]

I know, it's pretty crazy all-around. I'm not sure there's a conspiracy here, but this is one immeshed group of people. It's like the entire town got together to line up their stories. Also, do not drive in Canton Massachusetts after roughly 9pm, because everyone is hammered and behind the wheel. Just insane.

I used to live very close to Canton (one town over) and you are not wrong. I honestly think there is some sort of cover up going on with this one.

 

[dvcgirl67]

I used to live very close to Canton (one town over) and you are not wrong. I honestly think there is some sort of cover up going on with this one.

What mystifies me is that even more minor witnesses, like the EMT yesterday lied in the first trial, or omitted a lot of information regarding their relationships with the Albert family. In the first trial she said..."I went to high school with someone named Caitlin Albert". But this time around, the defense got her to admit that at a very minimum, that she and Albert were in overlapping friend groups. They'd been at parties together, took an overnight trip with friend group together, at baby showers together....in many photos together. That's far different from "I went to high school with someone...."

Every witness is working very hard to minimize their ties to that family.

 

[lovin'fl]

I think she did it. His bar glass was under him, same one you can see him holding as he left the bar and got in the car with. I don't think they planted the tail light pieces. And there was zero dog dna on him. She hit him and drove away. She knew it broke the tail light so she purposely backed into his truck on camera to have an excuse. She is a very scary lady. I think even she believes the story they are telling and she is eating up the infamy (attention and fans and being on TV, all of that). I think she will get away with it though because she has THE best defense attorney. If I ever needed one, I'd be ringing his number for sure.

 

[pezgirlroy]

I think she did it. His bar glass was under him, same one you can see him holding as he left the bar and got in the car with. I don't think they planted the tail light pieces. And there was zero dog dna on him. She hit him and drove away. She knew it broke the tail light so she purposely backed into his truck on camera to have an excuse. She is a very scary lady. I think even she believes the story they are telling and she is eating up the infamy (attention and fans and being on TV, all of that). I think she will get away with it though because she has THE best defense attorney. If I ever needed one, I'd be ringing his number for sure.

I will just say knowing what I know about Canton and that area I think it is definitely possible that she did not do it and that things may have been planted.

 

[LuvOrlando]

There are signs all over the place to free Karen Read, the locals seem to be on her side and that tells me something about how things work in a place.

I watched Netflix's How to fix a Drug Scandal about how Massachusetts manages a very important subject and that sort of put things in focus for me ahead of this story. I would suggest watching it for a glimpse behind the curtain, to say it was eye opening is an understatement.

I am looking to see where to watch it today and can't find anything, I have Hulu and am local to Boston News so I feel like I should be able to find it live.

 

[dvcgirl67]

My gut says that she hit him as well, but....I don't think she knew that she hit him. I think she was very drunk, made a zillion lunatic calls to him on the way back to his house, then woke up in a panic when he wasn't home. I think this group are big, big drinkers...like black out drinkers who can also function on some level.

But I think there's so much reasonable doubt that they can't convict her. There's a ton of very odd maneuvers by a lot of people involved.

 

[evilmommie]

There’s no doubt that she was drunk. The whole cast is a bunch of nasty characters, including Karen. Watched the series and couldn’t stand her from the beginning. But tried to watch with an open mind. It’s sad to me that there is very little focus on the victim.