Source: New York Post
Originally Published by: Defense lawyers urged to reexamine convictions led by fired Karen Read detective Karen Read's second trial heads into weekend without full jury seated Karen Read appeals double jeopardy ruling to US Supreme Court Lawyers for Massachusetts murder suspect Karen Read are asking Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to put her trial on hold until after the nation’s highest court considers her petition to review a lower court’s decision not to toss out two of the three charges she is facing. Read filed a writ of certiorari this week after an appellate court denied her request to have charges of murder and fleeing the scene dropped from her second trial after the first ended with a hung jury last year. A retrial is already underway, with 12 jurors selected as of the end of the day Tuesday, a court spokesperson told Fox News Digital.