Karen Read被控杀害一名波士顿警官,请求最高法院干预重审。
Karen Read, accused of killing a Boston police officer, seeks Supreme Court intervention for retrial.
Karen Read被控杀害了她的男朋友波士顿警官, 正在接受重审。
Karen Read, accused of killing her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, is facing a retrial.
她的律师要求最高法院法官Ketanji Brown Jackson休庭,辩称如果在重审中被裁定无罪,先前作出的一致但未经事先宣布的陪审团决定可以保护她免于双重危险。
Her lawyers have asked Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for a stay, arguing that a previous unanimous but unannounced jury decision could protect her from double jeopardy if found not guilty in the retrial.
本案因第一次审判的悬案陪审团而复杂化,在马萨诸塞州,重审陪审团的选择正在进行中。
The case is complicated by the first trial's hung jury, and the retrial's jury selection is ongoing in Massachusetts.