Thursday’s half day of jury selection saw significant progress made in seating 12 jurors and 6 alternates for the Karen Read murder trial, along with several outside the court petty antics dominating the headlines for the day.
Multiple reports came in that there are now 12 jurors seated for the main jury pool with two selected on Thursday, and one previously selected juror being released from the jury pool for hardship reasons.
Outside the courtroom, drama persisted as Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney used social media to launch a smear campaign against reporter Grant Smith Ellis and Attorney Wendy Murphy for their continued coverage of the Read trial.
Kearney, who appeared humiliated in a debate with Smith Ellis aired on Wednesday on the Law & Crime YouTube channel, went so far as to examine an old high school yearbook of Ellis’ and demand to know why Smith Ellis did not report that he had gone to school with someone with the last name of Proctor, which is shared by the lead investigator in the case.
The blogger, still claiming to be an “award winning journalist” is still not on the list of registered journalists with courtroom access for the case despite not being on the witness list for the defense.
Added back to the list is Boston based reporter Gretchen Voss, who had her credentials briefly removed on Wednesday due to her appearing on the witness lists in the case. It is not known why she was initially removed from the list but should be able to report freely on the case during jury selection.
In the whacky world of Karen Read supporters, Read had previously told her supporters to wear pink outfits in support of her innocence. While pink has adorned the outfits of most of her supporters during the week, allegations of bias were made against Fox 25 reporter Ted Daniels for prominently wearing pink in apparent support for Read at the courthouse.
Reporter Grant Smith Ellis reported that Fox 25 has indicated that Daniels will no longer wear pink to the courthouse after several complaints of bias were made against the reporter.
Finally, the ACLU filed an Amicus Curiae brief on April 16, 2024, to protest the “buffer zone” imposed by Judge Beverly J. Cannone around the courthouse. While claiming to support neither side in the case, their brief was filed on behalf of Tracey Anne Spicuzza, Lorena Jenkinson, Dana Stewart Leonard, and Paul Cristoforo.
The brief is seeking a reduction of the buffer zone from its current 200-foot radius around the courthouse and demands an explanation why the government cannot impose a more narrowly tailored buffer zone.
Jury selection in the Karen Read trial will resume on Monday.
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