Supreme Court Denies Karen Read’s Double Jeopardy Appeal as Murder Retrial Resumes

The U.S. Supreme Court is denying Massachusetts woman Karen Read's motion to dismiss her ongoing murder retrial on double jeopardy grounds. Read’s legal team argued that jurors in her initial trial had allegedly agreed to acquit her on some charges, thereby asserting that her retrial would constitute a violation of constitutional protections. The nation’s highest court rejected the appeal without comment, clearing the path for her high-profile retrial to continue in Dedham, Massachusetts.

NBC's Emilie Ikeda reports that on Friday, the jury took a field trip to the Canton, Massachusetts street where the. . .