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Read is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, with her SUV outside a Canton home in 2022.
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Jury selection began Tuesday in the retrial of Karen Read, less than a year after a judge declared a mistrial on charges that she was responsible for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend....
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Jury selection began Tuesday in Norfolk Superior Court and could take several weeks, with some 1,000 candidates summoned for the empanelment process.
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Judge rules accident reconstruction expert can testify in Read retrial, 5 more jurors seated
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Across the first two days of jury selection in the second Karen Read trial, 150 potential jurors have been questioned.
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A group of "Free Karen Read" supporters have filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that a court mandated buffer zone violates their constitutional rights.
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Jury selection for Karen Read’s retrial began Tuesday. It could take a while, legal experts say.
Tuesday marked the start of jury selection for Karen Read’s upcoming retrial, the painstaking process of whittling down the pool of jurors.
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