The aspect of the Commonwealth vs. Karen Read murder trial that can't be overstated is that the problems with the case never seemed like the result of incompetence. It felt like complicity. Which is infinitely worse. Fair or unfair, that was the general public perception from the beginning of the trial. Which is only reasonable when all the "mistakes" all seemed to break in one direction. Against the defendant and towards her guilt. When an umpire's strike zone keeps shrinking to the size of an UNO card every time one team is at bat, it becomes hard to believe the...