Karen Read Murder Case Ends in a Mistrial

A Massachusetts murder trial that drew nationwide attention has ended in a mistrial. After five days of deliberations, the jury tasked with deciding the fate of Karen Read, the 44-year-old former college lecturer accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, could not reach a verdict. Ms. Read was accused of running over him with her car one wintry night in a fit of anger and leaving him for dead in the driveway of another Boston police officer.  The jury informed Judge Beverly Cottone on July 1 that they could not reach a verdict. “Despite our rigorous efforts, we continue to find ourselves at an impasse,” the jury wrote in a statement to the judge....