Jury selection began on April 1 in the retrial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman accused of striking and killing her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV during a snowstorm in January 2022.
The retrial comes less than a year after a Norfolk County jury was unable to reach a verdict following a four-month trial that drew national attention and fierce public debate.
Read, 45, a social media influencer, financial analyst, and former college lecturer, is again facing charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence, and leaving the scene of a fatal collision.
Judge Beverly Cannone, presiding over the case in Dedham, told prospective jurors on Tuesday that the trial is expected to last six to eight weeks once a full panel is seated….