Juror Names In The Karen Read Trial Impounded Indefinitely

Judge overseeing the Karen Read murder trial granted a request to impound the jury list indefinitely. For more, ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

Episode Transcript

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Some of the jurors who acquitted Karen Reid of murder
requested that the court keep their names out of the spotlight.
They wanted the court to impound the juralist beyond the
initial ten day period out of fear. Jedge Canoni has
granted their request because there's risk of immediate and irreparable
injury if the list is revealed to the public. With
that said, some jurors have revealed their own identities talking
to press after Karen Reid's second trial came to an

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end where she was found innocent of the most serious
charges she faced. The order doesn't mean other jurors can't
come forward to talk about their own jury service if
they want to, though this is a repeat of last
year after the first trial that ended in a mistrial
overhung jury. The court also extended the initial impoundment order
after a jurors said that publishing the list could be
dangerous to their safety. Ema Friedman w b Z, Boston's

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