Second trial not double jeopardy. Judge rules Karen Read can stand trial again

DEDHAM – The judge in the case of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend, Braintree native John O’Keefe, has ruled that she can be retried on all three charges, including second-degree murder, following a mistrial in July.

Defense attorneys for Read had attempted to make the case that retrying her on all charges is double jeopardy .

But prosecutors argued that the defense had the chance to object to the declaration of a mistrial at the time and did not, and the case does not have a verdict…

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