The state's highest court has upheld charges against Karen Read, rejecting claims from her defense that jurors had reached a unanimous non-guilty consensus. The Supreme Judicial Court stated that jurors' post-trial disclosures are not valid in changing the trial's outcome, which concluded with a hung jury. Read, who faces second-degree murder and other serious charges related to the death of her boyfriend John O'Keefe, is due for a retrial in April. Read's defense contends there was misconduct, suggesting an alternative narrative regarding O'Keefe's death.
"Only after being discharged did some individual jurors communicate a different supposed outcome, contradicting their prior notes. Such posttrial disclosures cannot retroactively alter the trial's outcome."
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