Karen Read has presented an emergency request before the Supreme Court that seeks an immediate suspension of his trial, which has begun the jury selection, waiting for the review of the Superior Court on his claims of constitutional violation.
“Read’s request argues that its scheduled judgment on two of the three pending positions against it, including a second degree murder position, will violate the double danger clause because the jury in its first trial reached a final and unanimous decision, but without prior notice that it is not guilty of those charges.”
Reading is accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer, John O’Keefe, in January 2022. The prosecutors alleged that the reading hit O’Keefe with his vehicle and let him die when Boston was hit with a large snowstorm. Read has denied the accusations and maintained his innocence.
Karen read conversations with one of his lawyers within the Superior Court of Norfolk during the second week of his trial, on April 7, 2025 in Didham, Massachusetts.
Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe through AP
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