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Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP128 "A State Trooper's Family Ties And Social Connections"Prosecutors brought up the family members of State Trooper Michael Proctor. Why? Because the Defense had tried to raise doubts on how sensitive information about John O'Keefe's death had been shared among family members, friends, and neighbors involved in this investigation. This case focused on more than just the physical evidence in the death of John O'Keefe. At issue was how police handled that evidence as well as the very conduct of the investigators was key.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP129 "Vulgar And Disparaging Texts"The jury learned about more text messages of a state trooper who was the lead investigator in the murder case of John O'Keefe. Michael Proctor was the lead detective in the investigation into what happened to O'Keefe. Karen Read's defense accused him of concocting a conspiracy to frame her. Prosecutors wanted to clear things up when it came to Proctor's text messages to his family, friends, and co-workers during the investigation.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP130 "Unprofessional And Regrettable Comments"Unprofessional and regrettable. That's what Michael Proctor, lead investigator in the death of John O'Keefe, told the jury about some of his text messages. One of them called Karen read, the defendant, a whack job and retarded. Despite admitting to sending vulgar texts to friends and family, State Trooper Proctor did not waver on his conclusions that read intentionally killed her boyfriend with her SUV by hitting him with it and driving off, subsequently leaving O'Keefe for dead.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP131 "Just Sarcasm And Jokes"It was sarcastic and a joke. That's how the lead detective put it when he was explaining away unprofessional and regrettable texts to family members, friends, and co-workers. Karen Read's defense team brought up those disparaging texts that Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor sent while working this case. The Defense grilled him on the stand.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP132 "Conflicts Of Interest, Omissions, And Bias"This Defense team was not going to let up with its fiery cross-examination on the lead detective. Karen Read's lawyers had alleged that John O'Keefe's death was a conspiracy involving police officers trying to cover their tracks and pin it all on his girlfriend. The Defense raised doubts in the police's professional conduct in this case by bringing up what they believed was conflicts of interest, omissions, and bias.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP14 "Defendant Defends Herself"Lorena Bobbitt took the stand in her own defense as she stood trial for mutilating her husband, John. After hearing from nearly a dozen people in her social circle, the jury would now hear her side of the story about what happened that night. She was trying to convince the jury in her trial that she did not understand the nature of her actions the night she attacked John, her husband. She had cut off his penis and was pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP15 "Marital Abuse"Jurors heard directly from the defendant about the abuse she said John Bobbitt leveled against her in the early part of their relationship. Lorena claimed that included punches, shoves and slaps, and things got worse. The claims of domestic abuse against John came straight from Lorena herself. She was on the stand testifying during her own trial as to how much she allegedly endured in the months leading up to the attack on her husband.
The Lorena Bobbitt Trial
S1, EP16 "The Violent And Abusive Marriage"Jurors heard what life was like in the Bobbitt home, at least according to the defendant. Lorena Bobbitt took the stand to defend herself from the claim that she intentionally and maliciously chopped off her husband John's penis after allegedly being raped by him. According to her, John was a cheater, a rapist and an abuser. They separated twice - he left her. But they would eventually reunite.
