Tuesday marks the second full day of jury deliberations in the murder retrial of Karen Read, the woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.

Hundreds gather outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, to wait for a verdict in the Karen Read retrial on Monday, June 16, 2025.

A spokesman for the Norfolk District Attorney’s office sent an email to a reporter, the first to write a Globe story on a case that would become so big, even the courtroom ceiling fan would have its ...