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In Karen Read SJC decision, legal experts see a court ‘above the fray’
Karen Read's murder case has garnered immense public attention. The Supreme Judicial Court "[couldn't] care less," one expert said.
High court denies Karen Read's double jeopardy claim
The state's top court ruled Tuesday that Karen Read can be retried on all previous charges in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe. The court rejected her attorneys' bid to dismiss two of the three counts.
Karen Read’s legal team weighing federal habeas corpus relief after Mass. SJC ruling
The ruling clears the way for the Commonwealth to prosecute Read on all three charges of second-degree murder, leaving the scene of a crash, and manslaughter come retrial in April.
Karen Read case: SJC rejects defense bid to drop two charges
The SJC, the state’s highest court, has issued its long-awaited decision on Karen Read’s bid to drop two of her charges.
Massachusetts top court rules Karen Read can be retried in her boyfriend’s death
The state’s top court ruled Tuesday that Karen Read can be retried on all the same charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.
Karen Read case: Massachusetts’ top court to release opinion appeal
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will issue its ruling in Karen Read’s appeal asking that her murder charge be dropped.
Karen Read loses double jeopardy appeal in Boston cop slaying case, will receive new trial
Massachusetts Supreme Court denies Karen Read's bid to have murder charges thrown out on grounds of double jeopardy in murder of police officer boyfriend.
SJC denies motion by lawyers for Karen Read to dismiss two charges against her
Read’s attorneys had asked the state’s highest court to throw out two charges — second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident— on double jeopardy grounds.
Decision on Karen Read appeal coming today from Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts will rule today on Karen Read's​ appeal to get some charges dismissed.
Massachusetts' SJC rules Karen Read can be retried for 2nd-degree murder. What it said
Karen Read's lawyers have argued since July that she should not be retried for 2nd degree murder. But justices on the state's highest court disagreed.
State orders Karen Read to stand trial for murder and rejects her push to have some charges tossed after mistrial
Read’s appeal raised the question: “Can posttrial accounts of jurors’ private deliberations that are inconsistent with their public communications in court render the declaration of a mistrial improper, or constitute an acquittal, where the jury did not announce or record a verdict in open court?” the judges wrote. They believed it cannot.
Defense seeking more police sallyport video footage of Karen Read’s SUV
Lawyers for Karen Read on Monday asked the judge presiding over the sensational case to order prosecutors to turn over a ...
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Karen Read Says ‘Poor Decisions’ Led to John O’Keefe’s Death
In an exclusive interview with Boston 25 News, Karen Read reveals new details about a federal report on John O'Keefe's death.