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Friday was a half day in the Karen Read murder trial, with jurors visiting the home in Canton, Massachusetts, where John O’Keefe’s body was found in January 2022.

We asked two of our legal analysts about some of the legal strategies the lawyers in Karen Read’s retrial have been using so far.

Legal experts, including a retired judge, help break down the new prosecution and defense legal strategies in the Karen Read retrial. Plus, we recap the closer look we got at Read’s relationship with John O’Keefe in the lead-up to his death before court ended unexpectedly early on Thursday and preview the stakes in the upcoming voir dire hearing of the...

It was a battle in the courtroom on Day 3 of testimony in the Karen Read murder trial, with the defense team grilling a Canton firefighter and paramedic about his recollections on the morning that John O’Keefe was found....

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Testimony is continuing on Thursday morning in Karen Read’s second murder trial, with a firefighter who began testifying late Wednesday returning to the stand to start the day.

Town officials in Canton say Helena Rafferty will retire when her contract ends June 30.

John O’Keefe’s mother gave emotional testimony — her first in either Karen Read trial — about the day he died. 

Testimony continued Wednesday in Karen Read’s second murder trial, with John O’Keefe’s mother Peggy among those who testified.

Helena Rafferty, the police chief in Canton, Massachusetts, will retire on June 30 when her contract is up.

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Helena Rafferty, the police chief in Canton, Massachusetts, will retire on June 30 when her contract is up

A man was arrested inside the buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, for Karen Read’s retrial Tuesday morning, police said.

Video from an MBTA Commuter Rail train shows the moment it crashed into a tractor-trailer last week.

New video shows the engineer’s perspective as an MBTA commuter train smashed into a truck on the tracks in Canton, Massachusetts, last week.

This is the view from a Commuter Rail train that hit a truck stopped on MBTA tracks in Canton, Mass., on April 9. No one was seriously hurt; the driver was cited for failing to stop at a railroad crossing.

In the final hearing before opening statements begin for Karen Read’s second murder trial, a flurry of outstanding motions were heard by Judge Beverly Cannone as both sides made their final preparations. Read says she has “no choice but to be ready.” ...

We recap a clash in court over crash reconstruction experts and when blogger Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney can attend court....

Opening statements in the Karen Read retrial are due to begin in less than a week, after jury selection concluded Tuesday, and Karen Read says she’s ready.

Jury selection concluded Tuesday, and Wednesday’s hearing is the final step before opening statements next week.

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Jury selection for the Karen Read retrial is complete, after 10 days — twice as long as it took in the first trial. Here’s what she said after court, with opening statements on the horizon. 

Plus, we ask legal analyst Peter Tragos and NBC10 courtroom insider Sue O’Connell what they think will be different this time around.

Jury selection has concluded for the Karen Read retrial, after 10 days and more than 500 people screened.

As Karen Read’s second trial gets underway, look at the high-profile case going back to the 2022 death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe in Canton.