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What to Know Karen Read is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene She is accused of striking John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, with her SUV in 2022 and leaving him to die alone in the snow outside of a house party in Canton,…
After dozens of court deadlines and hearings, back and forth over witnesses and a complicated jury selection process, Karen Read’s second murder trial is expected to move forward Tuesday with opening statements. This retrial comes less than a year after Read’s first trial ended with a hung jury, an anti-climactic end to a dramatic court…
Both sides of the Karen Read murder case will return to Norfolk Superior Court on Monday as the jury selection process continues — a day before opening statements are expected to begin. After taking Friday off, Monday will mark the ninth day of jury selection. So far, the court has seen 481 prospective jurors. Sixteen…
Karen Read has taken her case for dropping two of the three charges against her to the highest court in the country. Her legal team this week appealed to the Supreme Court to review whether Read’s constitutional protection against double jeopardy means the charges should be dropped, given that some jurors have come forward to…
The jury questionnaire is out for the Karen Read case before scores of prospective jurors are called for the high-profile Canton case this week. After Read’s first trial ended in a mistrial last year, the retrial is set to start on Tuesday. It could take quite a while to empanel jurors as it’s hard to…
Karen Read’s second trial is set to get underway this week, with the jury selection process expected to get underway on Tuesday. This will be the second time that Read stands trial for the alleged murder of John O’Keefe, her boyfriend and a Boston police officer who was found dead in the snow outside a…
Karen Read’s second trial is set to begin next week under an avalanche of public attention — maybe even more than the first one. A new documentary about Read is fueling even more publicity as jury selection gets underway next week. Read is accused of hitting and killing her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe,…
Tuesday begins a two-day saga of critical hearings in the Karen Read case, with both sides set to make their pleas to the presiding judge to resolve any remaining legal issues ahead of next months’s retrial. The next two days of hearings are expected to be the final ones before jury selection begins for the…
The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office has released a lengthy list of witnesses it may call at the upcoming retrial of Karen Read. In total, 86 names were submitted to the court. “The witness list are just potential witnesses, they have to list anybody and everybody they could possibly have as a witness, even though…
When the lights shine the brightest — like at Tuesday’s high-stakes hearing in the Karen Read case — is when those who know Hank Brennan, special prosecutor for the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office, say he brings his best. “Hank is so successful because he is unflappable,” said attorney J.W. Carney Jr. “Hank is one…
