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Karen Read and her attorney Alan Jackson launch script, book projects
Karen Read and her LA-based defense attorney Alan Jackson aren’t parting ways just yet. The two, fresh off an OUI verdict, ...
Judge impounds list of jurors in Karen Read trial indefinitely
Judge Beverly Cannone said she believes “there is a risk of immediate and irreparable injury should the list be made ...
Herald readers nail Karen Read outcome, sort of
Herald readers came tantalizingly close to predicting the outcome of the Karen Read retrial in our poll.
Jury Foreman Voted to Acquit Karen Read of Murder. Now He Says FBI Should Reopen Investigation
"We should start some type of investigation of what went on in that house," the jury foreman from Karen Read's second murder ...
Karen Read prosecutor Hank Brennan "disappointed" in verdict, condemns "witness abuse"
Hank Brennan, the special prosecutor for the retrial of Karen Read's case, released his first statement Monday following last ...
Karen Read verdict: Globe reporters answer reader questions
Last week a jury cleared Read of killing her boyfriend in Canton in January 2022. But what happens next? We broke it all down ...
Karen Read jury foreman breaks silence: Cost, ‘shoddy’ police work, ‘no justice’ for John O’Keefe [+Postscript]
Juror #1, the foreman in the Karen Read retrial, told the Herald there was no “a-ha moment” in the grueling case that he said ...
Was the Karen Read verdict a shock? Here’s what 1,500 readers said.
When we asked Boston.com readers to weigh in on the verdict, more than 1,500 responded. The vast majority — 1,310 readers, or ...
Investigator and jurors speak out about Karen Read murder trial in aftermath of not guilty verdict
Two jurors and the lead investigator in the murder trial of Karen Read have come forward to comment about the case since a jury returned a not guilty verdict earlier ...
Second Karen Read juror faults 'sloppy police investigation' in John O'Keefe murder case
A Massachusetts jurors noted that reasonable doubt and taillight evidence convinced a jury Karen Read didn't hit boyfriend ...
Karen Read juror speaks about verdict, says "we couldn't prove there was a collision"
A juror in the high-profile Karen Read trial is confident in her decision and hopes the case of John O'Keefe's death can be reopened.
Jury finds Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of drunk driving in boyfriend death
Read, 45, is accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, 46, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow in 2022.