The nation’s highest court on Monday denied accused killer Karen Read’s petition for a writ of certiorari that would have reviewed her case under the lens of the Constitution’s double jeopardy clause.
Under the clause, a person cannot be prosecuted twice for the same offense.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided against entertaining the merits of Read’s case on April 28, without issuing an opinion as to why it rejected the petition.
Read, 44, is accused of having struck her police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, 46, with an SUV during a snowstorm in January 2022. He was found unresponsive outside the house party of a fellow Boston police officer in Canton and subsequently died….