3 more criminal defendants released amid Mass. lawyer work stoppage
The defendants were released because they have not been represented by a lawyer and have been held for more than seven days.
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The defendants were released because they have not been represented by a lawyer and have been held for more than seven days.
More criminal defendants could be released in Massachusetts due in part to a work stoppage by private attorneys.
Four criminal defendants were released from jail on Monday in Boston because they have not had an attorney for more than seven days.
Karen Read was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend John O'Keefe, but she was convicted of OUI.
Karen Read was cleared of murder and manslaughter charges Wednesday, as a huge crowd of her supporters roared with applause.
Karen Read's supporters have been making silent hand gestures to her instead of cheering when she enters and exits court.
Jurors in the Karen Read trial said they had reached a verdict Wednesday afternoon, but then retracted that.
Jurors in the Karen Read trial asked four questions Tuesday, one indicating they may be facing the possibility of a hung jury, but left for the day without reaching a verdict.
Jurors in the Karen Read trial had their first full day of deliberations Monday, but did not reach a verdict.
The jury in the Karen Read trial heard drastically different closing arguments Friday before deliberations began.
Defense attorneys for Karen Read abandoned their plans to blame two other men for John O'Keefe's death ahead of Friday's closing arguments in the high-profile trial.
Karen Read's defense rested its case Wednesday after a crash expert said that he does not believe John O'Keefe was hit by a vehicle.
Jurors in the high-profile Karen Read trial could begin deliberations as early as Friday as defense attorney Alan Jackson called his final witness on Tuesday.
For the second time in a week, Judge Beverly Cannone denied Karen Read's attorneys' request for a mistrial after they accused the prosecution of misconduct.
A person ended up in the hospital Thursday after a car hit a tractor-trailer, sending large metal plates flying onto I-95 in Burlington.