“When you sent the jury out and encouraged them not to take a straw vote, encouraged them to go over all the evidence in a very methodical manner, and by all indications they’ve done that. This is what Tuey-Rodriguez is for.”

Outside the courthouse following the reading, Yannetti told reporters the jurors “are doing their job.” It’s a sentiment his co-counsel Alan Jackson also stated: “They’re doing a great job.”

Lu added that understanding the weight on the court staff is important, too.

“I hope the public understands how the employees of the Massachusetts Trial Court work their hearts out trying to achieve justice in emotional and divisive cases like this,” he said.

Background

Cannone opened court right around 9 a.m. Once the jurors affirmed they had avoided reading, discussing or independently investigating the case over the weekend, she let them loose to continue deliberations.

Read, 44, of Mansfield was also charged with manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The second of the indicted charges features two “lesser included charge” options: involuntary manslaughter and motor vehicle homicide.

Jurors indicated through a note sent to the judge midday Friday that they believed they were deadlocked and could not reach a verdict. Cannone, who has to make precise moves when a jury states this, sent them back to continue to try to reach a verdict. Jurors began deliberations last Tuesday following closing arguments.

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