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According to the Defense's forensic pathologist, there's no evidence of John O'Keefe being fatally hit by a car. This was contrary to the State's argument on how he lost his life. The cross-examination was not over yet on Dr. Frank Sheridan. He told jurors that he had not done any autopsies on people hit by the back of a vehicle. For jurors, Karen Read's defense brought in experts in the same field as the State's experts. The goal was to challenge their testimony.
According to the Defense's forensic pathologist, there's no evidence of John O'Keefe being fatally hit by a car. This was contrary to the State's argument on how he lost his life. The cross-examination was not over yet on Dr. Frank Sheridan. He told jurors that he had not done any autopsies on people hit by the back of a vehicle. For jurors, Karen Read's defense brought in experts in the same field as the State's experts. The goal was to challenge their testimony.
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S1, EP171 "Challenging Richard Green"Jurors listened to more expert testimony from the Defense's forensics examiner. Richard Green put a different light on the data retrieved from the phones of Karen Read and John O'Keefe. He later testified under cross-examination. Two of the State's experts who worked with the phones of John O'Keefe and the defendant disagreed with Richard Green's work in this case.
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