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Jury list impounded following Karen Read mistrial [Video]

Within hours of Karen Read’s defense arguing that some charges should be dismissed following her high-profile mistrial, citing alleged information from members of the jury, the judge who oversaw the case ordered the impoundment of the jurors’ names, at least temporarily. Judge Beverly Cannone declared a mistrial on July 1 after the jury of six women and six men informed her that they were hopelessly deadlocked in their deliberations. Prosecutors have said they are determined to retry the case.Read, 44, of Mansfield, is accused of hitting O’Keefe with her black SUV outside of a home at 34 Fairview Road in Canton on Jan. 29, 2022, following a night of drinking. Her defense contends O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, was dragged outside after he was beaten up in the basement and bitten by a dog at fellow Boston officer Brian Albert’s home in Canton.Read, a former adjunct professor at Bentley University, …

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