CNN highlights about a dozen witnesses called over the last eight weeks, whose testimony illuminated key pieces of the theories presented by prosecutors and Read’s defense.

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,

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.

Karen Read’s fate is in the jury’s hands after prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments Friday.

Jurors, including six alternates, heard blistering closing arguments from Read's defense who argued that the case "was corrupted from the start," while the government insisted she hit her boyfriend Jo

Alan Jackson urged supporters not to yell or interrupt proceedings after delivering closing arguments in Karen Read's murder retrial.

Jurors in the high-profile Karen Read trial could begin deliberations as early as Friday as defense attorney Alan Jackson called his final witness on Tuesday.