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Karen Read's defense pushes to get charges dropped in her murder case

Officer Killed Girlfriend - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Attorneys for Karen Read filed a motion to the state's highest court Thursday in an attempt to bolster earlier arguments that two of her charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend should be dismissed.

Their brief was in response to one filed by prosecutors earlier this month to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, arguing against dropping the charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene — leaving only a manslaughter charge.

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