Jurors in the Karen Read trial are deliberating today as the judge rejected a motion by the defense to change the verdict slip.

Karen Read’s retrial (live updates): No verdict after 1st full day of jury deliberations Monday marked the first full day of jury deliberations in the murder retrial of Karen Read, the woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.

“I don’t believe that’s consistent with the evidence and what occurred,” Rentschler replied. Rentschler was the final defense witness, just as he was during Read’s first trial last summer. After he left the stand, Jackson announced Read’s defense would rest its case subject to a final ruling on evidence.

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.

Do you suppose Stevie Flemmi watched any of his old nemesis Hank Brennan’s latest courtroom humiliations at the Karen Read trial in Dedham last week?

Judge Beverly Cannone also denied the defense team’s motion for a mistrial based on what Read’s lawyers called “intentional misconduct” from prosecutor Hank Brennan.