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A erstwhile Massachusetts fiscal expert accused of sidesplitting her Boston bull fellow successful a drunken hit-and-run is awaiting her destiny aft a 2nd lengthy proceedings successful a tiny courthouse successful Dedham.
Karen Read, 45, faces execution and different charges successful the decease of 46-year-old John O'Keefe, who had taken successful his orphaned niece and nephew and appeared to privation to extremity the relationship.
Jurors spent conscionable nether 2 hours deliberating Friday and returned Monday for their archetypal afloat day.
"People are retired determination wondering wherefore we don’t person a verdict yet," said Grace Edwards, a Massachusetts proceedings lawyer who is intimately pursuing the case. "I deliberation the assemblage is moving hard to recognize the requirements of each number and moving done them."
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Karen Read arrives astatine Norfolk County Superior Court, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, successful Dedham, Mass. Read is charged with sidesplitting her Boston constabulary serviceman fellow by intentionally driving her SUV into him. (Hans Pennink for Fox News Digital)
Read's archetypal proceedings ended successful a hung assemblage past twelvemonth aft jurors went much than 25 hours implicit 4 days without reaching an agreement.
Deliberations successful different high-profile execution charges scope from conscionable hours to respective days.
OJ Simpson:
OJ Simpson's 1995 lawsuit for the sidesplitting of ex-wife Nicole Brown and her person Ron Goldman was wide televised. (VINCE BUCCI/AFP )
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OJ Simpson's 1990s treble execution proceedings successful the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her person Ron Goldman took 9 months to play out.
The 2 were brutally stabbed to decease extracurricular Brown Simpson's luxe condo successful Los Angeles.
The erstwhile NFL star's ineligible "Dream Team" prevailed – and jurors recovered him not blameworthy successful little than 4 hours.
Simpson was recovered civilly liable and went to situation for an unrelated robbery much than a decennary later. He died past twelvemonth aft a conflict with cancer.
Casey Anthony:
Casey Anthony reacts portion listening to the defense's closing arguments successful her execution proceedings successful Orlando, Fla., Sunday, July 3, 2011. Anthony pleaded not blameworthy to first-degree execution successful the decease of her daughter, Caylee. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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A Florida ma accused of sidesplitting her 2-year-old girl Caylee, Casey Anthony was tried connected charges of murder, manslaughter and aggravated kid maltreatment successful 2011.
Caylee was missing for a period earlier her grandparents reported her missing.
Jurors spent astir 11 hours deliberating implicit 2 days earlier reaching an statement connected the charges. They recovered Anthony not blameworthy of sidesplitting oregon abusing her daughter, but they recovered her blameworthy of lying to police.
To this time nary 1 has been convicted of the child's death.
Scott Peterson:
Scott Peterson was convicted of 2 counts of execution successful the deaths of his woman Laci Peterson and their unborn child. (REUTERS/Fred Larson/Pool)
In 2004, jurors convicted Scott Peterson of sidesplitting his large woman Laci and dumping her successful the San Francisco Bay connected Christmas Eve 2 years earlier.
Their deliberations went connected for 7 days aft a proceedings that took much than 5 months.
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Jurors initially handed him the decease condemnation for first-degree execution for Laci's decease and second-degree execution for their unborn son, Conner.
Peterson continues to support his innocence and is presently appealing his lawsuit for the 3rd time. He had his decease condemnation overturned successful 2020 and is serving beingness without parole.
Alex Murdaugh:
Alex Murdaugh stands adjacent to the witnesser booth during a interruption successful his proceedings for execution astatine the Colleton County Courthouse connected Feb. 23, 2023, successful Colleton County, South Carolina. (Joshua Boucher/Pool/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Formerly a salient South Carolina lawyer and household man, Murdaugh was convicted successful 2023 of gunning down his woman and younger son, Maggie and Paul.
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After a six-week proceedings – doubly arsenic agelong arsenic archetypal estimates – jurors deliberated for little than 3 hours and found him guilty of some murders positive weapons charges.
Murdaugh is presently serving consecutive beingness sentences. He is asking for a caller proceedings aft the tribunal clerk connected his lawsuit was charged with aggregate felonies, including allegedly lying to a justice astir Murdaugh's case.
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Although those trials person a wide scope of some clip and results, New York City defence lawyer Louis Gelormino told Fox News Digital that the longer jurors deliberate successful Dedham, the amended things look for Read.
"My archetypal homicide proceedings was the longest deliberation successful NYC, modern history, 9 days," helium told Fox News Digital. "Hung Jury. Three months later, they tried him again, and we got an acquittal."
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