Karen Read retrial starts with jury selection
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Prosecutors accuse Read of hitting and killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her SUV following a night of heavy drinking in 2022 and leaving him to die in the snow.
Yahoo |
Jury selection for Karen Read's murder retrial continues in Massachusetts, with 10 jurors seated so far.
The Boston Globe |
“The Karen Read trial continues to inspire passionate public debate — and citizens must be allowed to protest peacefully outside their own courthouse.”
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An anti-protester "buffer zone" around the Norfolk Superior Court where Karen Read is on trial in the death of John O'Keefe is challenged in a federal lawsuit.
In Karen Read's first trial, defense lawyers highlighted police used Solo cups to collect bloody snow and took them to the station in grocery bags.
The suit against Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone says she has violated "the constitutional guarantees of free speech and due process."
Former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor has been named among the 150 witnesses for Karen Read's second trial in the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.