A Massachusetts judge presiding over Karen Read’s murder trial declared a mistrial on Monday — after the jury said they were unable to reach a verdict.
The 12-person jury first told Judge Beverly J. Cannone that they were deadlocked on Friday, but the judge told them to continue with deliberations. On Monday morning, the jury said they remained deadlocked after 90 more minutes of deliberations, according to the Boston Globe.
The judge instructed the jury to continue deliberating — providing them with a “dynamite charge,” or a list of instructions that act as a last-ditch effort to avoid a hung jury and complete deadlock.
However, the foreman issued the following note to the court on Monday afternoon:
“Despite our commitment to the duty entrusted to us, we find ourselves deeply divided by fundamental differences in our op
