Jury on suspected cop-killer case had 'agreement' to acquit before judge declared mistrial, lawyers claim
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Lawyers for suspected Boston cop killer Karen Read claimed that jurors in her trial over the death of John O'Keefe had an "agreement" to find her not guilty.
Three of the 12 jurors sent "unsolicited communications" to the defense, purportedly "indicating in no uncertain terms that the jury had a firm 12-0 agreement that Ms. Read was not guilty of two of the three charges," her lawyers wrote.
The 44-year-old Read's trial ended after five days of deliberations last week when Judge Beverly Cannone declared a mistrial over what jurors described as their inability to come to a unanimous verdict, however.
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