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(NewsNation) — A justice volition perceive pretrial motions successful the retrial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts pistillate accused of striking her fellow with her car and leaving him to dice successful a snowstorm successful 2022.
Opening statements are acceptable for adjacent week, aft Judge Beverly Cannone said determination would beryllium nary tribunal connected Thursday oregon Friday.
Jury selection successful the lawsuit ended Tuesday with 12 jurors and six alternates selected successful a lawsuit that ended successful a hung assemblage aft a erstwhile trial. The enactment took 10 days and included astir 600 prospective jurors.
Many were disqualified due to the fact that they had heard of the lawsuit and had formed an opinion.
Among the issues expected to beryllium raised Wednesday is authoritative Hank Brennan's program to usage comments from Read's media interviews to effort to poke holes successful her case.
Read has said she did not termination John O'Keefe, a Boston constabulary officer, and has maintained she was framed by those who did perpetrate the crime. She has suggested a cover-up by instrumentality enforcement officers.
Read is facing charges of manslaughter, centrifugal conveyance homicide and leaving the country of a crash.
The proceedings is expected to past six to 8 weeks.
