Karen Read Takes Her Case To The US Supreme Court... Will They Listen?

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Karen Read’s high-profile retrial just took a dramatic constitutional turn. In this episode, we break down the emergency petition her legal team filed with the U.S. Supreme Court—arguing that retrying her violates the Fifth Amendment’s Double Jeopardy Clause. While jury selection was already underway in Dedham, Massachusetts, her attorneys went to the nation’s highest court claiming that the first jury had already reached a unanimous—but unannounced—“not guilty” verdict on two of the three charges. Now they’re asking the Court to intervene.
We walk you through exactly what’s in the petition, why her legal team believes her retrial is unconstitutional, and how courts in Massachusetts and the federal system have responded so far. This isn’t just a legal technicality—it’s a strategic, last-ditch effort to stop the trial in its tracks. From the original mistrial to the court rulings that rejected her double jeopardy claims, we trace every step of the legal fight that led to this extraordinary moment.

Finally, we explore what happens next. Will the Supreme Court take the case? What are the chances they’ll intervene mid-trial? Could this reshape how mistrials and jury deliberations are handled across the country? Whether you're following the Karen Read trial daily or just tuning in, this episode gives you a deep, clear, and fact-driven look into one of the most pivotal legal battles unfolding right now.

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0:00.0	This is a true crime in real time update. The latest on the biggest cases we're following at
0:05.5	True Crime Today and the Hidden Killers podcast. Imagine this. You're on trial for murder.
0:13.2	The jury deliberates for days. They talk, argue, think it through, then hung jury, mistrial.
0:20.6	That's the official outcome. But what if after all that, a few jurors
0:24.7	pull you aside later and say, hey, just so you know, we actually did all agree, you were not guilty,
0:29.7	we just couldn't decide on one other thing. Now, imagine the state says, great, let's do it all again.
0:34.7	Same charges, new jury, let's roll. That's the situation Karen Reid's lawyers say she's in right now. And this week, they brought that fight to the front steps of the United States Supreme Court. April 3, 2025.
0:49.3	While most people were checking out of their work week or figuring out dinner, Karen Reid's legal team was filing
0:54.5	an emergency petition in Washington, D.C., arguing that her retrial violates one of the oldest
1:00.8	rights in American law, protection from double jeopardy. You know, the one that says,
1:07.4	you can't be prosecuted twice for the same crime once you've been acquitted.
1:12.7	It's baked right into the Fifth Amendment. Her lawyers say that's exactly what's happening.
1:18.4	Because according to them, the jury in her first trial already acquitted her.
1:23.3	Not publicly, not officially, but in the jury room behind closed doors. And even though that
1:30.7	verdict never made it to open court, her team argues it still counts. They say retrying her now is
1:36.5	not just unfair. It's unconstitutional. Here's what makes this even more dramatic. They filed this
1:43.6	petition while the second trial was already underway.
1:46.9	Jury selection had started in Dedham, Massachusetts just two days earlier.
1:51.3	Perspective jurors were being questioned, vetted, seated.
1:54.7	Meanwhile, her defense team was making a direct plea to the highest court in the country,
1:59.3	asking them to slam the brakes on a retrial that,
2:02.1	from their perspective, shouldn't be happening at all.
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