Karen Read

Jury selection continued for Karen Read’s retrial on Friday, but the day ended with the same number of jurors selected.

Karen Read’s second trial is about to get underway, with the jury selection process set to begin on Tuesday.

Massachusetts’ highest court has denied an effort by the defense to have two of the charges dropped in the controversial Karen Read murder case. Read the full decision.

Thursday marked a third day of jury deliberations in the Karen Read murder trial without a verdict. Read is charged with second-degree murder in the January 2022 death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. She’s accused of dropping him off at another officer’s house party in Canton, Massachusetts, after a night of drinking, and then hitting him with her...

Eyes across the nation have turned to Massachusetts as jurors decide the fate of Karen Read. The weeks-long murder trial is now in its final moments, but no verdict was reached Wednesday. Judge Beverly Cannone sent the jury home for the day at about 3:40 p.m. They’re due back Thursday. Shortly after deliberations resumed Wednesday morning, jurors sent a...

The jury’s deliberations in the Karen Read murder trial will continue into a second day. Closing arguments were delivered Tuesday, and the jury began deliberating shortly before 1:30 p.m., after receiving instructions from Judge Beverly Cannone. The jury was sent home for the day about 4:23 p.m. with no verdict reached. While the jury deliberated, a throng of Read’s...