The prosecutor who tried Karen Read says evidence “led to one person, and one person”

The prosecutor who tried Karen read on Monday that he was “disappointed” that she was acquitted And in the lack of justice for man, she was accused of killing.

The special prosecutor Hank Brennan, who was appointed by the Norfolk county district prosecutor after the end of Read’s first trial, said that he had been given at “full discretion to independently assess the case and follow the evidence, regardless of where she had led”.

“After an independent and in -depth examination of all the evidence, I concluded that the evidence had led to one person and to one person,” Brennan said in a text message at NBC Boston.

Brennan also denounced an “intimidation and abuse campaign” intended for witnesses in the largely publicized case.

“If this type of conduct becomes commonplace, it will threaten the integrity of our judicial system affecting both victims and criminal accused,” he said. “We cannot tolerate abuse of witnesses who make participants worry about their own security or that of their families.”

A jury acquitted 45 years of second degree murder, an involuntary homicide in motor vehicles while he was driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a collision that caused the death of John O’Keefe on January 29, 2022.

The condemned panel read only one accusation – operating under influence. She was sentenced to one year of probation.

The authorities had alleged that Read was furious in the face of the state of his ruin relationship with O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, when she supported his SUV in him and left him for dead.

Read’s defense team said she was the victim of a biased and corrupt police investigation that had not taken into account other suspects. The former soldier of the State of the Massachusetts who conducted the investigation into the death of O’Keefe was dismissed on his conduct in the investigation But denied allegations of corruption.

In his statement, Brennan offered his “sincere condolences” to the O’Keefe family and said that he hoped to find peace and closure.