'Free Karen Read' Protest Case Is Moot, 1st Circ. Says

By Brian Dowling ( September 20, 2024, 5:24 PM EDT) -- The First Circuit has bowed out of hearing a First Amendment challenge brought by protesters who gathered outside a business run by a witness in Karen Read's first trial for the alleged murder of her boyfriend, ruling that the dispute centering on the Massachusetts witness intimidation law was moot....

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