Alan Jackson, Karen Read’s defense attorney, releases statement after special prosecutor speaks out

High profile defense attorney Alan Jackson disclosed a report speaking out against the commonwealth s special prosecutor Hank Brennan Jackson defended Karen Read in both trials in which she was tried in the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O Keefe Jackson explained in his declaration The only job of an ethical prosecutor is to seek the truth in a just and fair manner The Commonwealth fell wildly short of that responsibility Theirs was not an effort to find justice for John O Keefe Rather it was a personal vendetta against Karen Read Jackson s announcement comes after Brennan distributed a comment on Monday following Read s acquittal In his announcement Brennan announced in part I am disappointed in the verdict and the fact that we could not achieve justice for John O Keefe and his family Brennan disclosed in a announcement District Attorney Michael Morrissey appointed me giving me full discretion to independently assess the affair and follow the evidence no matter where it led After an independent and thorough review of all the evidence I concluded that the evidence led to one person and only one person Neither the closed federal inquiry nor my independent review led me to identify any other practicable suspect or person responsible for the death of John O Keefe Several jurors have come forward since Read s retrial has concluded saying there wasn t enough evidence to convict her of murder and other charges She was determined guilty of operating under the influence