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Karen Read has pleaded not guilty on three charges related to the 2022 death of her cop boyfriend John O'Keefe.
The judge overseeing the Karen Read trial denied a motion filed by Read’s defense Monday morning to amend the verdict slip given to the jurors. The motion asked Judge Beverly Cannone to give the jury a new slip for one of the three charges Read faces in connection with the death of her boyfriend,
Karen Read’s defense team renewed its effort to amend the verdict slip jurors will use to record their decision, but the request was once again denied.
Karen Read is charged with killing her police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe. She is being retried after her first case ended with a deadlocked jury last year.
Jurors deliberated for about two hours on Friday before being sent home for the weekend. They start again Monday.
Attorneys made their closing arguments to jurors in Norfolk Superior Court there on Friday before Judge Beverly J. Cannone sent seven women and five men away to deliberate Karen Read’s fate.
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