Jury selection for Karen Read retrial to begin Tue.
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Jury selection in the retrial of Karen Read begins Tuesday, and some two dozen people gathered early outside the courthouse to support her.
From The Boston Globe
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the retrial of Karen Read, who says she was framed by law enforcement in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.
From SFGate
Read has been vocal in denying the charges against her in a slew of media interviews, including a recently released docuseries on Investigation Discovery.
From USA Today
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A judge allowed prosecutors access to messages between Karen Read and the blogger Turtleboy in an order last week.
Karen Read faces the same charges she did in her first trial: second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision that caused injury and death.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has denied Read's federal appeal, meaning her retrial can move ahead as scheduled.
Before the Karen Read retrial starts next week with jury selection, another hearing discussing potential evidence took place Friday morning in Dedham.
Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case will only be allowed to turn over communications between the defendant and activist blogger Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney, just days ahead of jury selection
A Norfolk Superior Court justice ruled that data on the blogger's phones could be introduced into the evidence in the murder case.
Karen Read case worlds collided in Norfolk Superior Court when activist blogger Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney joined the accused at the defense table as the prosecution sought data from his phone.
Supporters for Read gathered outside the courthouse during hearings throughout the months leading up to the trial, often wearing "Free Karen Read ... under the name "Turtleboy" for the website ...
Read's first trial, where she was accused of killing O'Keefe with her SUV in front of a Canton home in January 2022, began April 2024. But Cannone declared a mistrial in July after jurors said they could not reach a verdict.