The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began at Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts. As crowds gathered outside the courthouse,

Jurors begin deliberations in Karen Read's second murder trial after Friday's closing arguments and judicial instructions from Judge Beverly Cannone.

It took eight weeks and dozens of witnesses, but on Friday, Karen Read's retrial shifted to its most critical phase: jury deliberations.

“I don’t believe that’s consistent with the evidence and what occurred,” Rentschler replied. Rentschler was the final defense witness, just as he was during Read’s first trial last summer. After he left the stand, Jackson announced Read’s defense would rest its case subject to a final ruling on evidence.

Do you suppose Stevie Flemmi watched any of his old nemesis Hank Brennan’s latest courtroom humiliations at the Karen Read trial in Dedham last week?

Prosecutor Hank Brennan presents his closing arguments to the jury in Karen Read's retrial. Read is accused of striking her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm outside a house party near Canton,

Special prosecutor Hank Brennan delivered his closing argument in the Karen Read murder retrial Friday.“She was drunk, she hit him, she<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Karen Read's fate in jurors' hands following month-long retrial with dramatic dashcam footage, expert testimony challenging vehicle collision theory, and powerful closing arguments.

Jurors in the Karen Read trial are deliberating today as the judge rejected a motion by the defense to change the verdict slip.