Terms of Use

Commonwealth v. Read is a free, public archive of court records, published by Court Daemon and built by Trice Digital. By using commonwealthvread.com you agree to these terms.

What This Archive Is

The archive organizes material that is already public: courtroom proceedings from both Commonwealth v. Karen Read criminal trials, as broadcast by news organizations. It exists so that the record is searchable, citable, and checkable against the footage it came from. It is a reference work, not journalism, not advocacy, and not entertainment. It is not affiliated with any party to the case, with any court, with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, or with any law firm.

Accuracy And The Official Record

Transcripts are derived from YouTube auto-generated captions of broadcast trial coverage, corrected with AI assistance and human review across multiple passes to fix speaker attribution, structure proceedings, and improve accuracy. The result is substantially more accurate than raw auto-captions, but it is not a verbatim legal transcript and never will be. The About page describes the sources, the method, and the known limitations in full.

The official court record always governs. Nothing on this site is a certified transcript, and nothing here should be relied on as one. Official court reporter transcripts are the only legally authoritative record. If a passage matters to you, verify it against that record, or against the source video linked from the line itself, before you use it.

Supporting Material

Alongside the transcripts, the archive includes person profiles, location and evidence entries, proceeding and day overviews, and notes on what attorneys challenged during examination. This material is drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by a human editor before publication. It is written to describe what the record contains, not to interpret it or characterize anyone’s conduct, and it takes no position on guilt, credibility, or the merits. It is supplementary, may contain errors, and is not a substitute for reading the transcript.

Presumption Of Innocence

Charges, allegations, testimony, and argument are not findings of fact. A person charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law, and where a charge did not result in a conviction that presumption is never displaced. The archive presents the record on that basis and does not adjudicate what was true.

Not Legal Advice

Nothing on this site is legal advice, and using the archive creates no attorney-client relationship of any kind. If you have a legal question, consult a lawyer.

Corrections And Removal Requests

Accuracy matters more here than volume, so corrections are genuinely welcome.

To report an error, use the report link in the footer or the flag icon on any transcript line, or write to contact@commonwealthvread.com. Please include the page address and enough of the passage to locate it. Verified errors are corrected.

To request removal, write to contact@commonwealthvread.com and identify the specific material and the basis for the request. Every request is read and answered by a person.

Please understand the standard that is applied. The archive publishes material that is already part of the public court record, and it will not remove accurate public-record content simply because a person would prefer it were not findable. What will be acted on is material that is inaccurate, material that is under a sealing or impoundment order or an equivalent legal restriction, and material that identifies a person in a way the court itself protected. Requests that fall outside those grounds may be declined, and the reason will be given.

Copyright And Reuse

Court proceedings are public. The selection, organization, correction, annotation, design, and code of this archive are the work of Trice Digital and are protected accordingly. The underlying broadcast footage belongs to the news organizations that produced it.

Citing, quoting, and linking to the archive is encouraged, including deep links to individual lines and to the video moment behind them. Attribution to Commonwealth v. Read is appreciated. Crawling and indexing, by search engines and by AI systems alike, are permitted, and the archive is built to be quoted accurately. What is not permitted is republishing the archive wholesale as your own, or presenting its content in a way that misstates what the record says.

If you believe material here infringes your copyright, write to contact@commonwealthvread.com with the material at issue, the work you claim is infringed, your contact information, and a statement of your good-faith belief.

Availability And Liability

The archive is provided as is, without warranty of any kind. It may be incomplete, may contain errors, and may be unavailable at times. To the fullest extent the law allows, Trice Digital is not liable for any loss arising from use of, or reliance on, this site.

Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.

Changes

If these terms change, the effective date above changes with them.