For him to try to supplant his private views for that of the jury is a determined try to save lots of face within the wake of a unanimous rejection of the prosecution’s case.
— Karen Learn lawyer Alan Jackson, responding to an earlier statement by particular prosecutor Hank Brennan. The prosecutor’s statement alluded to witness intimidation as undermining the decision. Jackson’s response cited the skilled guidelines to admonish Brennan that prosecutors shouldn’t query the legitimacy of the justice system. Learn was acquitted within the case of the January 2022 loss of life of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
