With the jury’s choice, she held her second murder trial when Boston policeman John O’Keefe died Karen Read The lower court ruled that she was not in double danger to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read’s first trial ended with last year’s trial, but her lawyers argued that the jury unanimously agreed that she had no charges on two of the three charges, including the worst murder, while the book on the second trial left those charges in the books, which led her to two trials on her at both trials.
However, the agreement was not notified at trial.
Karen Read was discharged from the Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Dario Alequin from Fox News Digital)
According to the 149-page document, Red’s lawyer is asking two questions to the High Court:
- Whether the jury was final and unanimous, but no decision was announced After the trial The prosecution failed to prove that the defendant committed the accused crime posed a double-danger clause to acquittal of a double-danger clause.
- Whether there is reliable evidence to prove this ultimate, unanimous and unannounced acquittal is entitled to a post-trial hearing to prove the fact of such acquittal.
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Officer John O’Keefe poses for his official title. O’Keefe’s girlfriend Karen Reed was found dead outside a Massachusetts house in January 2022 and is currently on trial for the murder. (Boston Police Department)
The Fifth Amendment guarantees constitutional protection from double dangers – two trials or punishments for the same offence.
Retrial can usually be conducted after a crime – but Read’s lawyer believes that the unique circumstances in her case put her in double danger Two charges The juror agreed but did not announce it.
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Karen Read, John O’Keefe poses in an undated photo. (Karen Read)
During the days of stagnant deliberation, jurors repeatedly sent notes to the court, explaining that they were at a deadlock, and Judge Beverly Cannone directed them to continue their efforts. The review began on June 25, 2024. By July 1, jurors were still in a deadlock and the judge announced the trial.
Read’s attorney said in the appeal that the judge did not speak to the attorneys of either party and dismissed the jury without asking whether they had locked down all charges or any charges.
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Karen Read sat in court during a jury selection at the Norfolk County Superior Court jury in Dedham, Massachusetts on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (David McGlynn/New York Post via AP, Pool)
The next day, a juror identified as a juror contacted Reid’s attorney, Alan Jackson, and told him that the group “unanimously agreed that Karen Read was not guilty of 1 (second-degree murder).”
According to the lawsuit, text messages allegedly sent from Juror B expressed similar claims. Jurors C and D also contacted Read’s team for a similar version of the event, according to the documents.
Additionally, at least one juror said this in a prosecutor’s voicemail.
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Karen spoke to reporters before the Norfolk Superior Court after defense attorney David Yannetti held a two-month trial in Dedham, Massachusetts, as the judge spoke to reporters before the Norfolk Superior Court after jurors held a two-month trial on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senn)
“This is a second-degree crime,” Jury B wrote in a text shared with another attorney, David Yannetti. “Then separately were the second charges, and I don’t think the prosecution proved the case. No one thought she had hit him on purpose, or even thought she had hit him on purpose.”
During a telephone conversation, Read’s lawyer claimed that Juror B clarified the second sentence of the text, saying that he should have read: “No one thought she hit him on purpose, and even knew she had hit him.”
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Judge Beverly’s gun hole looked at the ruling and when jurors made the decision on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, they had to fill out the ruling. (Greg Dell/Patriot Ledger, via AP, swimming pool)
According to the documents, the murder was “not on the table”, and juror A also said the juror agreed that Red was not accused of leaving the scene.
Red was arrested for suspected drunk driving, manslaughter and leaving the scene of the accident and was later prosecuted Second-degree murder She allegedly returned to O’Keefe outside the party and drove away, leaving him dead on the ground in a snowstorm.
If her appeal is successful, she will face charges of homicide.
Karen Read appeared with her attorneys Alan Jackson and David Yannetti on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, on the first day of the review at the Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald via AP, pool)
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Court of Appeal In Massachusetts Her request has been denied and found that she was not sentenced to any charges and was not in double danger as she did not read the verdict in court. Her legal team turned to the U.S. Supreme Court this week, asking them to review the lower court’s ruling and hold a post-trial hearing on the matter.
Red could face life in prison if he was convicted of second-degree murder in a second trial that began Tuesday. She pleaded not guilty and denied being involved in O’Keefe’s death, and her defense showed her as a scapegoat, made up of the so-called real killer.
