From link - courtesy of Gbear CBS post 2882 above.
2 The Retrial,
Preparations for Karen Read's second trial
November 4, 2024 - The prosecution and defense teams filed a motion in court calling for Read's second criminal trial, scheduled to start on Jan. 27, 2025,
to be postponed until April 1, 2025.
November 6, 2024 - Read's attempt to get some criminal charges against her thrown out on the grounds of double jeopardy came before the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Attorneys for both sides made their case during the hearing. No decision has been announced yet.
November 7, 2024 - The Norfolk County District Attorney's Office
requests the unredacted audio recordings, notes, and texts between Karen Read and a Boston Magazine reporter.
November 26, 2024 - During an
evidentiary hearing, prosecutors asked the judge to allow them to obtain phone records for Karen Read's parents. The defense called the request a "fishing expedition." Judge Beverly Cannone did not rule on the request and took arguments under advisement.
November 29, 2024 - Judge Cannone
rejects the prosecution's request for the phone records of Karen Read's parents.
December 3, 2024 -
Prosecutors are asking Judge Cannone to keep expert testimony about an alleged dog attack out of Karen Read's second trial.
December 5, 2024 - Judge Beverly Cannone
approved a request from prosecutors to get access to unedited and off-the-record recordings from interviews with Karen Read and her family.
December 9, 2024 - After just over a month, Judge Cannone
approved the joint motion by the defense and prosecution to delay the start of Karen Read's second trial.
December 30, 2024 - Former Canton Police Chief
Ken Berkowitz, who alerted Massachusetts State Police to taillight evidence during the investigation, died.
January 2, 2025 - Prosecutors asked to
exclude testimony from defense expert Richard Green surrounding Jen McCabe's "ho[w] long to die in cold" Google search.
January 6, 2025 - According to a court filing, Trooper Michael Proctor has a
misconduct hearing scheduled for January 15.
January 15, 2025 - Trooper Michael Proctor's
misconduct hearing got underway at Massachusetts State Police headquarters in Framingham.
January 23, 2025 - Karen Read's legal team wants the state to pay for travel expenses for one of her defense experts. Read's
attorneys say that the Canton Police Department did not preserve video footage, but that was not disclosed. As a result, they say their expert wasted his time.
January 29, 2025 - John O'Keefe's family
provided a statement to WBZ-TV as they marked three years since his death. "It has been 3 years since Johnny was senselessly taken from us. The void in our lives grows with each passing day, week, month and year. His absence is profound and we will continue to seek justice for him. He is always in our hearts," the O'Keefe family said.
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