Who to watch as Karen Read's defense steps up to plate – and it's not slugger Alan Jackson

Karen Read s defense gang of heavy-hitting attorneys is ready to begin tearing down the prosecution s murder event against her after the state rested its affair this week Read is accused of killing her boyfriend Boston Police Officer John O Keefe outside an acquaintance's house party just after midnight on Jan The prosecution alleges that Read struck O Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken ragme after an evening of fighting before leaving him to freeze to death in the front yard of Fairview Road KAREN READ DEFENSE GRILLS CRASH EXPERT OVER K PRICE TAG AND EXPERIMENTATION METHODSSpecial prosecutor Hank Brennan rested the state's occurrence on Thursday nearly two months after jury selection began Brennan s final witness Aperture crash reconstructionist Dr Judson Welcher spent three days on the stand providing testimony on his findings supporting the state s claims that Read fatally struck O Keefe with her motorcycle He pointed to his own experimentation using a Lexus taillight and wet paint to illustrate how O Keefe could have sustained the injuries to his arm and he noted that a glancing blow from the bicycle could explain why the victim didn't have typical car-strike injuries If you impact the hand with a -inch narrow metal bar that's a lot different than if you have a broad plastic taillight or rear body panel Welcher announced So when you have distributed loads you can take much more Read s defense gang is set to begin presenting their development on Friday as attorneys Alan Jackson David Yannetti and Robert Alessi look to sow doubt around the state s charges with Yannetti viewed as the strongest member of Read s club by experts KAREN READ'S SUV REACHED ' THROTTLE' MOMENTS BEFORE JOHN O'KEEFE'S FINAL MOVEMENTS CRASH EXPERT TESTIFIES David Yannetti is the best trial lawyer in the matter retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge and Boston College law professor Jack Lu described Fox News Digital with the workable exception of Brennan Yannetti is a seasoned criminal defense attorney and has been with Read since before her first trial He has the range that Mr Brennan might lack Lu revealed Brennan with all his spectacular talent mostly has one speed well two speeds Yannetti an award-winning advocate since law school has seen it all and fights for a position from which the defense can possibly salvage things KAREN READ JUDGE BLOCKS SANDRA BIRCHMORE MENTIONS EXPERT SAYS CASES SHOULD BE WAKE-UP CALL FOR POLICEThe defense will look to dismantle the state s matter which often pointed to Read s interviews with various news outlets addressing the masses in her own words So I thought Could I have run him over Read commented in a interview with Review Discovery Did he try to get me as I was leaving and I didn t know it Read s legal club insists her carriage never came in contact with O Keefe while pointing to the possibility that something or someone else was responsible for the police officer s death KAREN READ DEFENSE FLOATS THEORY THAT JEALOUS BRIAN HIGGINS FOUGHT JOHN O'KEEFE BEFORE DEATH And then when I hired David Yannetti I inquired him those questions Read reported in the same clip The night of Jan David what if I ran his foot over Or what if I clipped him in the knee and he passed out or went to care for himself and threw up or passed out And David disclosed Yeah then you have a few element of culpability ' Lu believes the primary goal for the defense crew should be to humanize Read in a way that paints her in a favorable light to the jurors while taking aim at an alleged cover-up scheme by the Massachusetts Police Department FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME CREW ON X The prosecutor has made her into a self-absorbed caricature Lu explained Fox News Digital adding They must get into the hatred of her by former investigator Michael Proctor Proctor is on the witness list but it remains unclear whether the defense will put him on the stand Prosecutors did not call him this time around after his testimony in the first trial saw jurors shaking their heads as they heard his inappropriate texts about Read in court The circumstance ended in a mistrial and he lost his job days before the second trial kicked off Read has pleaded not guilty If convicted she faces the possibility of life in prison for the largest part serious charge of second-degree murder Right now Ms Read s legal event is badly wounded Lu noted Mr Yannetti has the ability to charm the jury fight the judge as needed present the defense bystanders several of whom are hostile and in closing inspire the jury