Karen Read is fighting to have murder charge tossed ahead of retrial, alleging 'extraordinary' misconduct

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who said she was framed in a far-reaching law enforcement conspiracy after authorities accused her of fatally running over her police officer boyfriend, is scheduled to return to court for a retrial next month on charges of second-degree murder and other crimes.

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who said she was framed in a far-reaching law enforcement conspiracy after authorities accused her of fatally running over her police officer boyfriend, is scheduled to return to court for a retrial next month on charges of second-degree murder and other crimes.

But her lawyers have been busy in the lead-up trying to get most — if not all — of the widely watched case thrown out.

In back-to-back hearings Wednesday, her lawyers claimed in state court that she was the victim of “extraordinary governmental misconduct," while in federal court they argued that retrying two of the charges, including murder, amounts to double jeopardy.

A separate investigation into alleged misconduct by the state police trooper who led the investigation into the death of Boston police officer John O'Keefe is ongoing.

In addition to second-degree murder, Read was charged with motor vehicle manslaughter while driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a collision causing death after prosecutors said she backed her Lexus SUV into O'Keefe on Jan. 29, 2022, and left him for dead outside the home of a then-Boston police sergeant.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/karen-read-john-okeefe-retrial-rcna195408

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