The jury in the high-profile Karen Read murder trial has reached 10 people after the third day of selection on Thursday in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Court officials have said they aim to seat a total of 16 jurors for Karen Read's upcoming trial, including four alternates.
More than 1,000 people from Norfolk County will possibly be considered to serve on the jury for Karen Read's second murder trial.
Karen Read is asking the nation's highest court to overturn two charges that her lawyers say jurors in the first trial agreed to acquit her of.
DEDHAM, Mass. — Jury selection in the retrial of Karen Read enters its third day Thursday with a total of seven jurors seated so far. Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone has questioned nearly 200 prospective jurors over two days, selecting four men and three women. Five jurors were picked Wednesday, and two were settled upon Tuesday.
Buffer zones that overzealously prohibit all First Amendment activity are almost always unconstitutional and this one is no different,” said Mark Trammell, executive director of the Center for American Liberty.
A pool of about 90 new potential jurors filled a Dedham courtroom Wednesday as a jury is slowly assembled for Karen Read's second trial.