For
him
to
attempt
to
supplant
his
personal
views
for
that
of
the
jury
is
a
desperate
attempt
to
save
face
in
the
wake
of
a
unanimous
rejection
of
the
prosecution’s
case.
—
Karen
Read
attorney
Alan
Jackson,
responding
to
an
earlier
statement
by
special
prosecutor
Hank
Brennan.
The
prosecutor’s
statement
alluded
to
witness
intimidation
as
undermining
the
verdict.
Jackson’s
response
cited
the
professional
rules
to
admonish
Brennan
that
prosecutors
should
not
question
the
legitimacy
of
the
justice
system.
Read
was
acquitted
in
the
case
of
the
January
2022
death
of
her
boyfriend,
Boston
Police
Officer
John
O’Keefe.