Read, murder retrial
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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. Around 1:30 p.m., Cannone read the fourth question from the jurors,
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 in the murder retrial of Karen Read asked three questions related to the charges and evidence before resuming deliberations on Tuesday.
The Karen Read jury asks the judge what happens if they can't agree on a verdict for all three charges.
Those charges never should have been brought forward,” Aidan Kearney said Tuesday outside Norfolk Superior Court, where he was covering jury deliberations in the Karen Read trial.
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During a June 10 performance with the Beach Boys in Lowell, Massachusetts, actor John Stamos of "Full House" fame said he had invited Karen Read, the woman accused of killing Boston Police officer John O'Keefe, but she didn't show up. "I'm addicted to the trial," Stamos said.