A mistrial has been declared in the trial of Karen Read, who was charged with second-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe. The mistrial was declared on the fifth day of deliberations. The news came after jurors handed the judge a note saying they were “deeply divided by fundamental […]
Karen Read will be retried for murder in connection with the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe after Judge Beverly Cannone declared a mistrial over a deadlocked jury. In a statement, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said, “First, we thank the O’Keefe family for their commitment and dedication to this long process. […]
A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous decision in Karen Read’s trial on murder charges. Prosecutors accused Read, 44, of murdering her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, after a night out drinking in 2022 by intentionally backing over him with her car. Read’s lawyers claimed […]
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV and leaving him in a snowstorm, a case that drew outsize attention thanks to true crime fanatics, conspiracy theorists and […]
After a Tarrant County judge declared a mistrial in a motorcycle gang killing in Sansom Park and recused herself from the case, Anthony Patterson was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday. On Tuesday a jury found Patterson, 28, guilty in the fatal stabbing Christopher Johnson, 29, outside a Sansom Park bar in 2020. […]
When asked by lawyers for former President Donald Trump whether she had made up her story about a sexual affair with the former president, adult film actress Stormy Daniels had an emphatic, one-word answer: “No!” This is Yahoo News’ succinct update on the criminal and civil cases against Trump. Here are the latest developments. 🚨 […]
A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. The mistrial came in the jury’s eighth day of deliberations. The […]
A judge has declared a mistrial in the criminal case against 75-year-old Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly, accused of fatally shooting a migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border, the court confirmed Monday night. Jurors had been deliberating since Thursday afternoon. Kelly was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault in the Jan. 30, […]
A judge has declared a mistrial for a sexual harassment case involving former Orlando Fire Chief Rod Williams. Jerry Girley, Williams’s attorney, said they were unhappy that a verdict was not reached Monday. Former Orlando Fire Chief Rod Williams took the stand on March 28 and told his story for the first time since resigning […]
A Placer Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Friday in Northern California’s first fentanyl-murder jury trial after a lab failed to provide a document, officials said. Carson Schewe, 22, has pleaded not guilty to murder and two counts of drug sales in the December 2021 overdose death of Kade Kristopher Webb, 20, at a Safeway […]
Feb. 29—WILLIAMSBURG — A mistrial has been declared in a murder trial in Whitley County Circuit Court. Martin Allen Canada, 50, of Williamsburg, had been charged with murder in connection to the September 2022 shooting death of his stepson 31-year-old Kyle Chadwell. Canada’s trial began on Monday and ended the following day with a hung […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Dozens of community members gathered Sunday for a rally for Casey Goodson Jr. just days after a judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against the former Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy who killed Goodson in 2020. The rally was organized by an activist organization called Justice, Unity, and Social Transformation […]