Wait for Karen Read trial verdict continues
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Jurors in the Karen Read trial asked four questions to Judge Beverly Cannone Tuesday, with one indicating they may be facing the possibility of a hung jury on one of the charges. The jury left for the day without reaching a verdict,
The same issue arose at Read’s first trial: multiple jurors, in the wake of Cannone declaring a mistrial, reported to Read’s defense that they agreed to acquit her on two of the three counts, but they didn’t know they could return a partial verdict. That led to a lengthy appeals fight that was appealed to but not taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jurors inquired about possible outcomes that could lead to a hung jury, but Judge Cannone didn't want to cross that road at this stage in deliberations.
Jurors, including six alternates, heard blistering closing arguments from Read's defense who argued that the case "was corrupted from the start," while the government insisted she hit her boyfriend Jo
The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began at Norfolk County Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts. As crowds gathered outside the courthouse,
Karen Read, center, sits with her attorneys, Alan Jackson, second left, and David Yannetti, second right, during her trial for murder at Norfolk Superior Court, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in
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