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Karen Read, accused of killing her Boston cop boyfriend during a snowstorm, is set to go on trial for a second time after the first ended with a hung jury.
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Karen Read has asked the United States Supreme Court to take up her case as she continues to fight against being retried on two charges her lawyers say jurors agreed to acquit her of.
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The Karen Read murder retrial is getting closer as lawyers and the judge continue to seat jury members Thursday in Dedham, Mass.
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In a filing Thursday night, Read's lawyers asked the nation's highest court to consider a "unanimous, but unannounced decision by a jury following trial that the prosecution failed to prove a defendant guilty.
Karen Read's second trial is set to begin on Tuesday, after her first trial ended in a mistrial with the jury unable to reach a verdict.
The long-awaited audit critiqued the Canton Police Department's handling of the early investigation into John O'Keefe's death.
The judge in Karen Read's second trial ruled that the defense will not be allowed to blame Colin Albert as part of their third-party culprit defense.
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The Canton Police Department audit dropped on the same day as the Karen Read retrial started and includes recommendations on how the crime scene surrounding the body of victim John O’Keefe could
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Karen Read is asking the nation's highest court to overturn two charges that her lawyers say jurors in the first trial agreed to acquit her of.
Court officials have said they aim to seat a total of 16 jurors for Karen Read's upcoming trial, including four alternates.
As jury selection unfolds in the Karen Read retrial in Dedham her attorneys have taken their efforts to overturn the murder charge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dozens of potential jurors told a Massachusetts judge they already had opinions on the Karen Read-John O'Keefe murder case before arriving in court Tuesday.
The town is set to receive an audit of the Canton Police Department Tuesday, the same day jury selection will begin in Karen Read's second trial.