Tracking the last-minute legal maneuvering ahead of the Karen Read murder trial

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Jury selection starts in Karen Read’s murder case on April 16 but before that, Judge Beverly Cannone is set to take up nearly 40 motions from prosecutors and…

, who is accused of killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022, and attorneys on both sides are making their last-minute preparations with the trial set to start in days.

“She probably will I think decide them by Tuesday, but she probably has a little bit of leeway until the jury is actually impaneled,” Attorney Katherine Loftus said. The next big step will be getting a jury impaneled. Some expect as many as 150 potential jurors will be brought to the Dedham courthouse each day. Legal analyst Michael Coyne says seating a jury won’t be easy.

 

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