Live updates: Karen Read trial verdict to be read

The jury has reached a verdict in the second murder trial of Karen Read, but over their several days of deliberations, they sent some questions to the judge. In one, jurors asked: “If we find not guilty on two charges but can’t agree on one charge, is it a hung jury on all three charges, or just one charge?” Judge Beverly Cannone — who said the defense at first wanted her to ignore the question entirely — indicated that would be premature. She decided, over the defense’s objections, to send jurors a note saying, “This is a theoretical question, not a question I can answer.” Read has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The last trial: After Read’s first trial ended with a hung jury, her defense attorneys claimed several jurors had come forward to say they had unanimously found Read not guilty of the murder and leaving the scene counts, and had deadlocked only on the charge of vehicular manslaughter. Some of the other questions included: