Two true crime reporters have filed a lawsuit against Massachusetts State Police for allegedly blocking them outside the courthouse where Karen Read is on trial.
Karen Read supporters are fighting for their right to protest as a federal judge weighs whether to block a buffer zone order that limits them from demonstrating outside the Dedham courthouse.
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.
Read, accused of killing her boyfriend, alleges she was framed as part of a police cover-up. She is being retried after her first case ended in a mistrial.
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The group said reinstating the buffer zone "is a lawless" act that "violates the constitutional guarantees of free speech and due process."
Jury selection continues on Wednesday in Karen Read's high-profile Massachusetts trial, a day after the process got underway with the first two jurors seated. Cameras were allowed at the beginning of jury selection introductions,
I think this is going to be twice what the first trial was, just in terms of magnitude and witnesses,” Karen Read told VF.
After two days of jury selection, nearly half of the seats have been filled, indicating that the process may be moving faster than anticipated.
Former Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor has been named among the 150 witnesses for Karen Read's second trial in the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe.