Karen Read murder trial divides Canton residents

THE TIMING OF IT AND HOW THE UPCOMING FOURTH OF JULY WEATHER IS LOOKING. >>> WITH THE KAREN READ MURDER TRIAL VERDICTS SO I DECIDED, THEY ARE DIVIDED ON WHAT THEY THINK HAPPENED TO JOHN O'KEEFE. PAUL BURTON >> WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TORN AS THE JURORS ARE RESTING FOR THE WEEKEND. >> I DO NOTE THERE IS A LOT OF DIVISION AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THERE. >> Reporter: WHILE JURORS ARE AT HOME RESTING AFTER A LONG WEEK OF DELIBERATIONS AND STILL WITH NO VERDICT, RESIDENTS ARE BEGINNING TO WONDER IF THIS CASE WILL AND WITH NO UNANIMOUS DECISION. >> I WOULD HATE TO BE IN THAT JURY. >> Reporter: HARD AS WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN WITH SUPPORTERS ON BOTH SIDES SPEAKING OUT ON SIDE STREETS IN THEIR HOMES, AND SUPERMARKETS. >> EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT A. WHERE YOU GO. >> Reporter: ON FRIDAY THEY DID NOT REACH A VERDICT. >> IF THEY STILL CANNOT REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT, THEN THE JUDGE WILL DECLARE A MISTRIAL OR WHAT WE REFER TO AS A HUNG JURY. THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE NO GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY FINDING AGAINST KAREN READ AND SHE COULD BE TRIED AGAIN. >> Reporter: SUPPORTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANS OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE ALL WEEK AND THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL. DO YOU THINK SHE'S INNOCENT? >> I CERTAINLY DO. >> I THINK WE HAVE SOME VERY UNDERTRAINED POLICE. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MOST PEOPLE I KNOW FROM CANTON ARE CERTAIN THAT SHE'S GUILTY. >> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I THINK SHE DID IT BY ACCIDENT. >> I THINK A DECISION OR A HUNG JURY WILL COME TO US BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THE VERY LATEST TUESDAY MORNING. I THINK IT WILL BE A HUNG JURY. GIVEN THIS I THINK IT'S CARRYING OVER TO THE JURY. >> Reporter: DELIBERATIONS WILL CONTINUE AGAIN ON MONDAY. PEOPLE HOPING THAT THE JURY WILL FINALLY REACH A VERDICT.

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Length: 2min 12sec (132 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 29 2024