Highest court in Massachusetts to hear arguments in Karen Read’s bid to dismiss murder charge

Karen Read’s attorneys are appealing to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to dismiss charges related to the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, claiming she is being framed and that other officers are responsible. A mistrial was declared in June, with jurors deadlocked on manslaughter but agreeing on her innocence on other counts. The defense argues for an evidentiary hearing based on juror affidavits, citing a ruling in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, while prosecutors insist on a retrial for second-degree murder and leaving the scene charges, emphasizing the lack of an open and public verdict of acquittal.

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