Verdict watch continues in case of Canton murder or conspiracy

The verdict watch continues in the murder trial of Karen Read, the Mansfield woman accused of running her boyfriend John O’Keefe down with her SUV during a Canton snowstorm and leaving him to freeze in a front yard. Jurors have sat for a total of 30 days of trial, including Monday’s closing arguments, in Norfolk … Read more

3rd day jury selection sees a pool of 57 potential jurors

Attorneys on Thursday have begun interviewing a third batch of potential jurors in the white-hot Karen Read murder case at Norfolk Superior Court. The pool for today was significantly smaller than the prior two days of the jury selection which began on Tuesday. While the other days had 90 or more potential jurors each, Thursday … Read more

Potential Karen Read jurors pack Norfolk Superior Court for murder trial selection

Nearly 100 potential jurors arrived at Norfolk Superior Court this morning for the first date of the murder trial of Mansfield’s Karen Read. Ahead of the arrival of the potential jurors, Judge Beverly Cannone issued her ruling on the most contentious pretrial issue: whether the defense could use the third-party killer theory they have argued … Read more