Karen Read's defense could rest its case on Wednesday, allowing the prosecution to call the final witnesses before the jury begins deliberations.

It took eight weeks and dozens of witnesses, but on Friday, Karen Read's retrial shifted to its most critical phase: jury deliberations.

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

For the second time in a week, Judge Beverly Cannone denied Karen Read's attorneys' request for a mistrial after they accused the prosecution of misconduct.

Karen Read will not take the witness stand in the second trial about the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend as the defense has rested.

For weeks, all appearances were that prosecutors would call witnesses as part of a brief rebuttal case in the Karen Read retrial, giving them the opportunity to get the last word after damaging testimony from expert witnesses for the defense.

An ARCCA crash reconstruction expert was back on the stand Wednesday in the Karen Read murder retrial.Dr. Andrew Rentschler testified about<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Six jurors were selected at random to be alternate jurors. The remaining 12 jurors, seven women and five men, will decide the case.

Biomechanist Dr. Andrew Rentschler testifies as Karen Read's likely final defense witness, challenging claims she hit Boston cop John O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV.