Karen Read defense team says another juror confirms unanimous not guilty votes

Published: Jul 09, 2024 Duration: 00:03:10 Category: News & Politics

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>> IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THE FIRE STARTED. >>> KAREN READ'S DEFENSE TEAM SAYS ANOTHER JUROR HAS COME FORWARD TO VOTE HER NOT GUILTY AND THEY WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HOW THE TRIAL ENDED. WBZ'S TIFFANY CHAN IS LIVE IN CANTON WHERE PROTESTERS ARE SAYING THERE SHOULD BE NO RETRIAL. >> Reporter: WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THAT JURY WAS FEELING. THAT UNNAMED JUROR TELLING KAREN READ'S DEFENSE TEAM THEY ALL LEFT FEELING UNEASY AND UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE THIS JUROR SAYS THEY ALL DECIDED THAT KAREN READ WOULD BE FOUND NOT GUILTY ON THAT MURDER CHARGE. IT WAS THE LESSER CHARGE THAT THEY WERE ALL STUCK ON. THAT UNNAMED JUROR TELLING KAREN READ'S DEFENSE TEAM THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY COULD REVEAL THAT TO THE JUDGE. BEFORE THEY KNEW IT, A MISTRIAL WAS DECLARED AND THEY WERE ALL SENT HOME. >> Reporter: KAREN READ'S LEGAL TEAM IS PUSHING TO HAVE THE MURDER CHARGES DROPPED AFTER A JUROR EXPRESSED THAT THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE AND CONFUSED BY HOW THE TRIAL ENDED IN A HUNG JURY. SAYING IS ANYONE GOING TO KNOW THAT WE ACQUITTED KAREN READ ON COUNT ONE AND THREE? NO ONE EVER ASKED ABOUT THOSE ACCOUNTS. ALBERT WAS PLACED ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE THE DAY AFTER MICHAEL PROCTOR, THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR IN THE KAREN READ CASE TESTIFIED IN COURT. KEVIN IS ALSO THE BROTHER OF BRYAN ALBERT. A FELLOW OFFICER WHO OWNED THE HOME THAT JOHN O'KEEFE'S BODY WAS FOUND OUTSIDE OF. >> GENERALLY SPEAKING WHEN COMPLAINTS ARE MADE AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS, THEY REMAIN ON DUTY. >> Reporter: RETIRED LIEUTENANT TERNED CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSOR TOM NOLAN WAY IN. >> THE CONTROVERSY MAY BE THE BEHAVIOR DESCRIBED BY TROOPER PROCTOR IN HIS TESTIMONY DURING THE TRIAL. >> Reporter: KEVIN'S LEAVE STEMMING FROM AN INVESTIGATION HE WORKED ON WITH PROCTOR TWO YEARS AGO. THE DETAILS UNRAVELING IN COURT. >> THE TWO OF YOU GOT SO DRUNK THAT KEVIN ALBERT LEFT HIS BADGE AND YOUR CRUISER AND COULDN'T FIND HIS GUN THE NEXT MORNING RIGHT? >> OBJECTION. >> OVERRULED. >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY LEVEL OF INTOXICATION. >> Reporter: SO BASED ON THAT, I THINK THAT THE CHIEF WAS PRUDENT IN MAKING A DECISION THAT THIS DETECTIVE OUGHT NOT TO BE PERFORMING POLICE DUTIES. >> Reporter: NOLAN SAYS THE CHIEF LIKELY WANTED TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF FUTURE CASES. >> I'M FOLLOWING THE RULES. WE LIVE IN AMERICA, DUDE. >> Reporter: HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE PUBLIC'S VIEW ON LOCAL POLICE? >> I THINK IT CERTAINLY UNDERMINES THE CONFIDENCE AND THE LEVEL OF TRUST THAT THE PUBLIC MUST HAVE IN ORDER FOR THE POLICE TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY. >> Reporter: SO WILL OFFICER KEVIN ALBERT BE ABLE TO KEEP HIS JOB? NOLAN SAYS OFFICERS ARE RARELY TERMINATED UNDER

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