DEDHAM – The Karen Read murder trial ended Monday after a 'starkly divided' hung jury failed to reach a verdict, forcing Judge Beverly Cannone to declare a mistrial. The decision came after more than 23 hours of deliberations in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts.Watch complete live coverage of the mistrial on CBS News Boston by clicking on the video player above.
Karen Read chargesRead, 44, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, was charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence, and leaving the scene of personal injury and death. If she had been convicted on the murder charge, she faced up to life in prison with the possibility of parole.Read is accused of hitting and killing O'Keefe, who she was dating at the time, with her SUV after a night of drinking and leaving him to die during a snowstorm in Canton, Massachusetts.
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