Jury selection begins in trial of woman accused of killing Boston police officer boyfriend

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Jury selection for the highly-anticipated trial of Karen Read is set to begin Tuesday.

FILE - Karen Read, of Mansfield, watches during a hearing in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

Read, 44, of Mansfield is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe in 2022.Read pleaded not guilty and her attorney's claim she's being framed as part of a massive police cover up. The defense argues O’Keefe was attacked inside the home. Some supporters told WJAR the buffer zone set up around the courthouse is against their First Amendment rights.

 

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