A jury on Wednesday found Karen Read not guilty of murdering her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, in 2022. Her high-profile trial, which has prompted a TV show, first resulted in a hung jury in July 2024.
The 45-year-old was acquitted of charges stemming from her being accused of leaving her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, in the snow after hitting him with her car outside a party, and of leaving the scene of an accident, causing death.
Read was convicted of drunk driving, landing her a one-year probation sentence.
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Prosecutors had accused Read of backing into O’Keefe with her vehicle during a drunken rage, leaving him to die. Her defense team argued that authorities crafted the story after beating him, letting a dog attack him, and leaving
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