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Karen read a trial today – NBC Boston

What to know?

  • Karen Read returned to court on Tuesday because of a hearing before the start of her second murder proceedings next month.
  • Read is accused of killing her friend, the Boston police officer John O'keefe, by beating him with her SUV in front of a house in Canton in January 2022.
  • The second attempt by Read is expected to begin on April 1 after a Mistrial was explained last summer when the jury could not have a unanimous judgment.

Karen Read returned to court on Tuesday before the first of two days of hearing before the start of her second murder trial in the next month.

The hearing should be the last before the jury's selection begins on April 1 for the resumption of the jury. Judge Beverly Cannon will weigh up all the remaining applications that could help the evidence, witnesses and stories that the jurors hear during the process. Another hearing is planned for Thursday.

Read is accused of murder in the death of the Boston police officer John O'keefe in 2022. The authorities claimed that she had hit him drunk with her SUV and left him in the snow, where he was found dead the next morning. Your defense team said that at the end of a massive cover -up with corruption of law enforcement agencies and that it is framed for the murder.

Here is a complete summary of the following court proceedings on Tuesday: