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,

“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.

Closing arguments took place Friday in the second murder trial of Karen Read, who is charged with killing her Boston police officer boyfriend in a case that has generated more than three years of heated debate.

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

Karen Read’s defense team renewed its effort to amend the verdict slip jurors will use to record their decision, but the request was once again denied.

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,

Biomechanical engineer testifies injuries inconsistent with taillight impact in Karen Read murder case, after judge interrupts his birthday message.

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?