The defense began presenting its case Friday in Karen Read's second murder trial after the judge declined to find her not guilty.

Read, 45, is accused of fatally striking her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, 46, with her SUV and leaving him to die in the snow outside another officer’s home after dropping him off at a party in January 2022. Her lawyers say she was framed in a police conspiracy and that someone inside the house killed him.

A mistrial was declared last year. Read’s second trial for second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene outside Boston has so far followed similar contours to the first.

Defense unsuccessfully seeks directed verdict

Before jurors entered the courtroom, defense attorney Alan Jackson asked Judge Beverly Cannone to find Read not

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