Karen Read, a murder suspect in Massachusetts, compared demonstrations by her supporters to Vietnam War protests, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied her emergency request to delay her retrial for the murder of her boyfriend. Read filed a petition with the court to overturn two charges against her on double jeopardy grounds, but was denied by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The charges in question are second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision causing injury or death in connection with the death of her boyfriend. Her defense team argued that after a mistrial, jurors had agreed to acquit Read of those charges, and she should not have to face them again. However, her attempts to get the charges thrown out were denied by various courts, leading her to file a request with the Supreme Court. Despite multiple denials to delay her retrial, Read continues to fight the charges against her, claiming she was framed by local law enforcement officials. Her retrial began with jury selection in April, and the Supreme Court is set to respond to her petition by May 5th. The case highlights the complexities of the legal system and the challenges faced by defendants in seeking justice.
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