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

Karen Read’s attorneys are arguing in the state’s highest court that charges related to the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend should be dropped. They claim she is being framed and that other officers are responsible for the death. A mistrial was declared in June after jurors couldn’t reach an agreement, and a retrial is set for January. The defense argues that trying Read again would be unconstitutional double jeopardy, citing jurors who allegedly found her not guilty on certain charges. Prosecutors maintain that the charges should not be dismissed, and the case revolves around whether Read hit her boyfriend with her SUV or if he was killed inside a fellow officer’s home.