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Live updates: Judge denies request to delay start of Karen Read case
The Karen Read case will be back in court Thursday to continue its final pre-trial hearing where Judge Beverly Cannone is expected to resolve several outstanding motions.
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Final pre-trial hearing for Karen Read case Thursday
The Karen Read case will be back in court Thursday to continue its final pre-trial hearing.
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Karen Read defense team files list of prospective witnesses ahead of retrial
Karen Read’s defense team has filed their list of prospective witnesses ahead of next month’s looming retrial. The filing, submitted by defense attorney Alan Jackson, lists 91 names as prospective witnesses that the defense may call to the stand for testifying. The list includes many familiar names from the first trial — members of the ... -
Trooper Michael Proctor, lead investigator in Karen Read case, has been fired
Massachusetts State Police announced Wednesday morning that Trooper Michael Proctor has been fired and should be dishonorably discharged. They said their trial board found Proctor guilty of three charges of unsatisfactory performance and one charge of alcoholic beverage. The decision came following three days of closed hearings that started in Janu... -
Could Karen Read's second trial be delayed?
There were major new developments Tuesday in the Karen Read murder case. The start of her second murder trial could change, as her defense team continues to push to have two of her charges dismissed. Attorneys for Read have gone before a state court judge, a Supreme Judicial Court judge and a federal judge seeking to have two of her…
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Karen Read judge: ‘I'm not going to tolerate false statements'
Two weeks before Karen Read’s retrial, her defense team and the prosecution was back in court for the first of two high-stakes pretrial hearings — with Judge Beverly Cannone delivering a stern rebuke to the defense over something she’d previously said she had “grave concern” about.......In this edition of “Canton Confi... -
Commonwealth requests buffer zone be extended in Karen Read's retrial
The Commonwealth has submitted a filing asking that the court reinstate a buffer zone prohibiting demonstrations around Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham during Karen Read’s retrial.
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Recap: Karen Read returns to court, defense seeks to delay start of second trial
Karen Read returned to court Tuesday for the first of two days of hearings ahead of the start of her second murder trial next month.
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Judge in Karen Read case rules on ARCCA witness conflict, defense requests trial delay
Tuesday begins a two-day saga of critical hearings in the Karen Read case, with both sides set to make their pleas to the presiding judge to resolve any remaining legal issues ahead of next months’s retrial.
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Karen Read prosecutors suggest defense ‘instigated' federal probe
Ahead of Karen Read‘s retrial, the prosecution has suggested in court that the defense “instigated” the since-closed federal investigation of how the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office handled the case. The claim was included as the prosecution moved, in new court filings, to keep several defense witnesses from testifying. T... -
Karen Read case: What to know as retrial draws nearer
Karen Read is set for a new trial starting April 1. She’s accused in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe
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Who will testify in Karen Read retrial? Prosecutors have long list of possibilities
There are 86 names of potential witnesses on a list released by the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office ahead of Karen Read’s second trial
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Federal court won't intervene in Karen Read's murder case: Read the ruling
Karen Read’s attempt to have a federal court intervene in her closely watched Massachusetts murder case before her retrial was denied on Thursday.
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Wife, sister of embattled Karen Read investigator Trooper Proctor speak out
The wife and sister of Massachusetts State Police Trooper Michael Proctor released statements saying that Karen Read’s lawyers have maligned Proctor’s character as a distraction from the case.
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Karen Read case: Trooper Proctor's trial board hearing concludes, officers deliberating
Three Massachusetts State Police officers are now mulling whether Trooper Michael Proctor should remain on the force following three days of hearings.
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As Karen Read's retrial looms, lawyers try to cut down each others' arguments
With the start of the Karen Read murder trial less than three weeks away, the prosecution and defense are busy pulling together their cases and filing motions that could decide the direction of the retrial.
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Karen Read judge issues gag order on lawyers, in win for prosecutors
The judge in Karen Read’s retrial has issued a gag order on the lawyers in the case, preventing them from sharing information that might sway potential jurors or prejudice an impartial trial.