Read’s lawyers again asked Judge Beverly Cannone to issue a finding of not guilty before the case even gets to the jury.

DEDHAM, Mass. — Attorneys in Karen Read’s murder retrial met with Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone on Thursday to discuss instructions for the jury ahead of closing arguments.

Judge Beverly Cannone ruled Thursday that Karen Read’s defense could not argue that someone else killed John O'Keefe, in what's called a third-party culprit defense.

For the second time in a week, Judge Beverly Cannone denied Karen Read's attorneys' request for a mistrial after they accused ...

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.

Judge Beverly Cannone gave jurors in Karen Read’s second murder trial the day off Thursday, as lawyers look to hash out the final details of the criminal proceedings. The defense and prosecution are ...

Karen Read on Tuesday disputed Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone’s claim that jurors in her murder retrial are ...

The judge and lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read met Thursday to discuss instructions for the jury, who could begin deliberating Friday.

Judge Beverly Cannone is a breakout star of the Karen Read case. Judge Belvin Perry, who oversaw Casey Anthony's trial, knows ...

Judge Beverly Cannone denied Karen Read a mistrial in her second murder trial in the killing of her police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe on Tuesday.

Read, 45, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, who was found outside the home of a fellow Boston ...