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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrea Cavallier

Karen Read asks Supreme Court to delay her trial over ‘double jeopardy’

Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused in the death of her police officer boyfriend, has filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking an immediate stay of her high-profile retrial.

As jury selection slowly dragged on in Dedham, Massachusetts, on Monday, Read asked to pause the proceedings so the justices could review whether her retrial was unconstitutional.

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