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your car the convenient way. Hello

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and welcome to the sidebar presented by

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True Crime News, taking you inside the

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courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases

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from across the country. I'm

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your host, Joshua Ritter. I'm a

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criminal defense lawyer based in Los

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Angeles and previously an LA County

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prosecutor for nearly a decade. You

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can find me on all social

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media at joshua ritter esq or

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at joshua ritter.com. We're recording this

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on Friday, June 28th, 2024. In

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this week's episode, a judge finds himself

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on the opposite side of the bench

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as he's ordered to stand trial for

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the shooting death of his wife. Plus

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a misstep by the prosecution of

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an only fans model charged with

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murder as a judge rules to

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exclude a key piece of evidence.

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But First, deliberations continue into their

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fourth day in the case of

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Karen Reed as jurors decide whether

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the woman is responsible for the

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death of a police officer or

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the victim of a massive coverup.

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I'm flying solo this week, folks, so

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I know we have a lot to cover. I've

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been paying attention to these cases. Bear with me,

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let's jump right in. First, we

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move to Denham, Massachusetts, where

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the fate of a woman charged with

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the death of her police officer boyfriend

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hangs in the balance as jurors deliberate

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the evidence and the defense claims of

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a massive coverup. Karen Reed

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is charged with second degree murder after

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prosecutors say she hit her romantic partner,

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John O'Keefe, with a car and left

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the man to die in the snow.

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Reed's defense contends that O'Keefe was

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actually killed in the home of

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another officer before his body was

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dragged to its eventual resting place.

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In closing arguments, Reed's defense stuck

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to the rhetoric they maintained throughout

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the proceedings with lead defense attorney,

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Alan Jackson stating, there

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was a coverup in this case,

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plain and simple, alleging that

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O'Keefe was likely killed in an

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altercation and bitten by a German

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Shepherd before his body was staged.

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The defense presented multiple expert witnesses to

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close their case, all with the intent

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of casting doubt on the shards of

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taillight from Reed's SUV that were allegedly

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found at the scene. Prosecutors

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meanwhile started their arguments with Reed's

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comments to first responders after the

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discovery of O'Keefe's corpse, alleging

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the woman's refrain of I hit him,

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I hit him, I hit him was

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an omission of her guilt. Prosecutor

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Adam Lally conceded that

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the conduct of John Proctor, the

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lead investor gator in the case

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was reprehensible with the trooper sending

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multiple derogatory text messages about Reed.

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However, he asserted that those actions

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didn't undercut the entirety of the

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