{"id":2330091,"date":"2024-08-23T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T18:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-ruling-on-karen-read-murder-case-after-july-mistrial\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T14:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T18:40:52","slug":"judge-issues-ruling-on-karen-read-murder-case-after-july-mistrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-ruling-on-karen-read-murder-case-after-july-mistrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Issues Ruling on Karen Read Murder Case After July Mistrial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-issues-ruling-on-karen-read-murder-case-after-july-mistrial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u2064judge has ruled that Karen \u200cRead will be retried \u200dfor the alleged murder of her boyfriend, John O&#8217;Keefe,\u2062 a Boston police officer, and for \u200dleaving the crime scene. Read\u2062 is accused of striking O&#8217;Keefe with\u2064 her SUV during \u200ba snowstorm in January 2022 and\u200b leaving him to \u200ddie. Following\u2064 a mistrial in July due to \u200ba deadlocked jury, the \u2062judge determined a retrial could proceed, set to begin on January 27th.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution argues that Read had been drinking with O&#8217;Keefe prior\u200c to \u200dthe \u2064incident and allegedly hit him before\u2064 fleeing \u200bthe scene. An autopsy indicated that O&#8217;Keefe died from hypothermia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-infant-killer-has-his-execution-suspended-by-newsom-moved-to-womens-prison-and-reportedly-awaiting-taxpayer-funded-trans-surgery\/\" title=\"Infant killer&#039;s execution halted, moved to women&#039;s prison, awaiting taxpayer-funded trans surgery.\">blunt force\u200c trauma<\/a>. Conversely,\u200c the defense claims\u2062 O&#8217;Keefe was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-police-identify-calif-woman-killed-during-demonstration\/\" title=\"D.C. Police identify Calif. woman killed during demonstration\">killed inside<\/a> a colleague&#8217;s home and that investigators\u200b focused on Read \u200das a\u2064 \u201cconvenient outsider,\u201d possibly to avoid implicating fellow law enforcement. <\/p>\n<p>After \u2062the mistrial, defense attorneys presented claims that jurors had expressed a belief \u2063in Read&#8217;s innocence regarding the main charges. However, the\u2062 judge maintained that there was\u200d no official verdict announced in court, allowing for a retrial without violating double jeopardy principles. The\u200b prosecution dismissed \u200dthe jurors&#8217; post-trial comments\u200b as \u200cspeculative and lacking in legal backing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>A judge ruled that Karen Read can be retried for murder and leaving the crime scene in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, dismissing arguments that jurors told lawyers after the mistrial that they had unanimously agreed she was not guilty on the two charges.<\/p>\n<p>Read, 44, is accused of ramming into John O&rsquo;Keefe with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a January 2022 snowstorm. Her two-month trial ended in July when jurors declared they were hopelessly deadlocked and a judge declared a mistrial on the fifth day of deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Beverly Cannone&rsquo;s decision, released on Friday, means the case can move forward to a new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-bidens-legal-team-gives-push-new-trial-admits-embarrassing-gaffe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> trial<\/a> set to begin January 27th.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Read, a former adjunct professor at Bentley College, and O&rsquo;Keefe, a 16-year member of the Boston police, had been drinking heavily before she dropped him off at a party at the home of Brian Albert, a fellow Boston officer. They said she hit him with her SUV before driving away. An autopsy found O&rsquo;Keefe died of hypothermia and blunt force trauma.<\/p>\n<p>The defense portrayed Read as the victim, saying O&rsquo;Keefe was actually killed inside Albert&rsquo;s home and then dragged outside. They argued that investigators focused on Read because she was a &ldquo;convenient outsider&rdquo; who saved them from having to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a> as suspects.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After the mistrial, Read&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trumps-lawyers-ask-judge-for-directed-verdict-seek-immediate-end-to-ny-civil-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"Breaking: Trump&#039;s legal team requests directed verdict, urges swift conclusion to NY civil fraud trial.\">lawyers presented evidence<\/a> that four jurors had said they were actually deadlocked only on a third count of manslaughter, and that inside the jury room, they had unanimously agreed that Read was innocent of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/semi-driver-arrested-deadly-colorado-crash-deported-mexico-just-2-weeks-prior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deadly accident<\/a>. One juror told them that &ldquo;no one thought she hit him on purpose or even thought she hit him on purpose,&rdquo; her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-woman-on-death-row-request-president-trump-grant-clemency-a-week-before-execution\/\" title=\"Lawyers for woman on death row request President Trump grant clemency a week before execution\">lawyers argued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The defense also said the judge abruptly announced the mistrial in court without first asking each juror to confirm their conclusions about each count. Read&rsquo;s attorney Marty Weinberg had asked Cannone to consider summoning the jurors back to court for more questions.<\/p>\n<p>But the judge said the jurors did not tell the court during their deliberations that they had reached a verdict on any of the counts. &ldquo;Where there was no verdict announced in open court here, retrial of the defendant does not violate the principle of double jeopardy,&rdquo; Cannone said in her ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors had urged the judge to dismiss what they called an &ldquo;unsubstantiated but sensational post-trial claim&rdquo; based on &ldquo;hearsay, conjecture and legally inappropriate reliance as to the substance of jury deliberations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Assistant District Attorney Adam Lally argued that the jury never indicated they had reached a verdict on any of the charges, were given clear instructions on how to reach a verdict, and that the defense had ample opportunity to object to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-will-grill-maxwell-juror-oath-potential-mistrial-looms-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mistrial<\/a> declaration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This ruling came after rejecting claims from jurors who allegedly informed lawyers post-mistrial that they had unanimously concluded she was not guilty on both charges. Read, 44, is accused of hitting John O\u2019Keefe with her SUV and abandoning him during a snowstorm in January 2022. Her trial ended in July when jurors reported being unable to reach a consensus, leading to a mistrial declared by the judge on the fifth day of deliberations. Judge Beverly Cannone&#8217;s ruling, announced on Friday, allows for a new trial scheduled to start on January 27th.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that Read, who previously taught at Bentley College, and O\u2019Keefe had been drinking heavily before she dropped him off at a party hosted by fellow Boston officer Brian Albert. They claim she struck him with her SUV before fleeing the scene. An autopsy revealed that O\u2019Keefe died from hypothermia and blunt force trauma. The defense contends that Read is actually the victim; they argue O\u2019Keefe was killed inside Albert\u2019s home and then moved outside afterward. They assert investigators targeted Read because she was an &#8220;easy outsider,&#8221; which spared them from considering law enforcement officers as suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Following the mistrial, Read\u2019s attorneys presented evidence indicating four jurors believed they were only deadlocked regarding an additional manslaughter charge while unanimously agreeing on her innocence concerning second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident. One juror reportedly stated that \u201cno one thought she hit him intentionally.\u201d The defense also criticized how abruptly Judge Cannone declared the mistrial without confirming each juror&#8217;s stance on every count first; attorney Marty Weinberg requested that Cannone call back jurors for further questioning.<\/p>\n<p>However, Judge Cannone noted that during deliberations no verdicts were communicated to the court regarding any counts: \u201cSince there was no verdict announced in open court here, retrial of the defendant does not violate double jeopardy principles,\u201d she stated in her ruling. Prosecutors urged dismissal of what they termed an \u201cunsubstantiated but sensational post-trial claim,\u201d arguing it relied too heavily on hearsay about jury discussions rather than concrete evidence or legal standards related to jury deliberations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2330092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/d970d5754517423296bc4cd61eee4dab-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35509,39106,39105,36794,37890],"class_list":["post-2330091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-decision","tag-july-mistrial","tag-karen-read","tag-legal-ruling","tag-murder-case"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/d970d5754517423296bc4cd61eee4dab-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}