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6/17/2025 9:16:04
The judge tells defense attorney David Yannetti she did not notice he was missing when they started the proceedings. He says he was held up downstairs as they jury was arriving.

6/17/2025
 
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@KristinaRex


NEW: Jury has a question and will be coming back to court soon to ask it -- this happens by giving a note to the judge that all lawyers get to read too. Stay tuned.


10:44 AM · Jun 17, 2025
 
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Dedham Déjà Vu: Karen Read Jury Confused Over Verdict Form​

On the third day of deliberations, the jury in Karen Read's murder retrial signaled that they were confused by the verdict form in the case. Plus, a look at the civil case Read faces in connection with John O'Keefe's death. (6/18/25) MORE
 
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Here's the new, amended verdict slip on Count 2 that the jury will use after yesterday's question. Below is a thread explaining each slip, what the charges mean, and the possible outcomes.

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Karen Read faces three indictments for the jury to decide on:
1. 2nd degree murder
2. Manslaughter while OUI
3. Leaving the scene of an accident causing death


Slips 1 & 3 (murder & leaving the scene) only have 1 choice: guilty or not guilty.
So we will move on to discussing Slip 2.


Slip 2: Read is charged with Manslaughter while OUI. That is the ONLY indictment she is facing. Adam Lally told the judge last week that prosecutors requested only this charge, and that the defense requested what's known as "lesser included" charges on the slip.


UNDER the Manslaughter OUI charge, jurors COULD choose to INSTEAD (not in addition to) convict Read of Involuntary Manslaughter OR Motor Vehicle Homicide OR Operating Under the Influence (OUI). These all carry lesser penalties than manslaughter.

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Jurors can only pick ONE option on this form. There are slight differences between the top few charges, related to "mental state." The allegations range -- was Read RECKLESS/WANTON *or* NEGLIGENT in her driving? Those are questions jury must consider.

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Here's where it gets interesting. If the jury is deadlocked/hung on ANY CHARGE on this form... and that deadlock leads to a mistrial (big "if" - this is hypothetical)... Read can be retried for Manslaughter while OUI.


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The means even if the jury is deadlocked over OUI, for example... and a mistrial occurs, the Commonwealth COULD retry Read for Manslaughter. Why? Because she has been indicted for manslaughter, and no resolution would have been reached by the jury on that charge.

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NEW: A grand juror in a federal case has agreed to plead guilty to 1 count of criminal contempt for leaking grand jury info from Aug. 11, 2022 to March 4, 2024, according to the US Attorney's Office (DOJ). See snippet of press release here.

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BOSTON – A Dracut, Mass. woman has been charged with allegedly disclosing information presented to a federal grand jury to unauthorized individuals.

Jessica M. Leslie, 34, was charged on Friday, July 11, 2025 with one count of criminal contempt. The defendant has agreed to plead guilty and will make an initial appearance in federal court in Boston at a later date. A plea hearing has not yet been scheduled by the Court.

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Federal prosecutors did not say how they learned Leslie had disclosed secret grand jury information, but sources said authorities had been monitoring social media accounts and other communications during a case that received widespread attention.
 
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Prosecutors have not specifically named the cases that Leslie is accused of leaking information about. However, reports from WCVB and The Boston Globe from anonymous sources claim Leslie served on a federal grand jury investigating the state’s handling of the Karen Read case.


Leslie’s sentencing date was scheduled for Sept. 26 at 3 p.m., and Talwani requested a pre-sentencing report to be filed beforehand. Leslie’s attorney declined to comment on the case to MassLive.

 
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NEW: After a renewed public records request (my first was denied due to the ongoing criminal trial), I have received the following emails from Norfolk County DA’s office regarding correspondence about the closing of the federal investigation into John O’Keefe’s death.

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WBZ reported this in February as well.


 

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