The sound of the air conditioning and fans inside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham have been an issue throughout both of Read's trials. Often during the first trial, when witnesses were testifying, their words could not be heard clearly in the courtroom because of the sound coming from the units, so Cannone ordered them to be turned off.

I am assured not only are we on schedule, we are ahead of schedule,” Judge Beverly Cannone told jurors in the Karen Read retrial.

It’s a question that has been at the center of testimony this week in the second Karen Read murder trial, where she stands accused of intentionally backing her SUV into O’Keefe, her boyfriend, after dropping him off at a Canton home in January 2022 following a night of heavy drinking.