Judge declines to dismiss murder case against Karen Read after July mistrial
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Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has ruled that Karen Read can be re-tried for murder and leaving the scene where her Boston police officer boyfriend died. The defense argued that trying her again on these counts would be unconstitutional double jeopardy.
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Associated Press DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts judge has ruled that Karen Read can be re-tried for murder and leaving the scene where her Boston police officer boyfriend died. The defense argued that trying her again on these counts would be unconstitutional double jeopardy.
Lawyers for Read had sought the dismissal of two of the three charges against her on the grounds that multiple jurors had told them, directly or through intermediaries, that they had unanimously agreed to acquit her on those counts.
A judge ruled that Karen Read can be retried for murder and leaving the crime scene in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, dismissing arguments that jurors told lawyers after the mistrial that they had unanimously agreed she wasn’t guilty on the two charges.
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