{"id":106220,"date":"2024-07-02T00:03:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/judge-declares-mistrial-in-karen-read-murder-case-after-jury-says-its-still-undecided\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T00:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:03:25","slug":"judge-declares-mistrial-in-karen-read-murder-case-after-jury-says-its-still-undecided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/judge-declares-mistrial-in-karen-read-murder-case-after-jury-says-its-still-undecided\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge declares mistrial in Karen Read murder case after jury says it&#8217;s still undecided"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-01\/GettyImages_Gavel_052623.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Jason Marz\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(DEDHAM, Mass.) &#8212; The judge in the Karen Read murder trial has declared a mistrial after the jury said it was unable to reach a unanimous consensus on the fifth day of deliberations Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read was charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O&#8217;Keefe, in January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege she hit O&#8217;Keefe with her car and left him to die in the middle of a snowstorm after the two got into an argument earlier in the day. Read has strenuously denied the allegations, and her lawyers alleged that a fellow police officer was involved in O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s death and colluded with others in a cover-up.<\/p>\n<p>She had pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.<\/p>\n<p>After jurors told the court earlier Monday they had been unable to attain a consensus, Judge Beverly Cannone read them the Tuey-Rodriguez instructions and had them return to their deliberations. Per Tuey-Rogriguez, the judge would be forced to declare a mistrial if the jury returned once more undecided.<\/p>\n<p>In a note to the court Monday afternoon, the jury said it was unable to reach a unanimous consensus despite an exhaustive deliberation process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite our rigorous efforts we find ourselves at an impasse,&#8221; the note, as read aloud by Cannone, said. &#8220;The deep division is not due to lack of consideration but to a severe adherence to our personal beliefs and moral compasses. To continue to deliberate would be futile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response, Cannone stated, &#8220;Your service is complete. I am declaring a mistrial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Marz\/Getty Images (DEDHAM, Mass.) &#8212; The judge in the Karen Read murder trial has declared a mistrial after the jury said it was unable to reach a unanimous consensus on the fifth day of deliberations Monday. Read was charged with killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O&#8217;Keefe, in<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/judge-declares-mistrial-in-karen-read-murder-case-after-jury-says-its-still-undecided\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}