Federal grand juror accused of leaking information in Karen Read case makes brief court appearance
Leslie signed last week says the government and defense have agreed to recommend that she be sentenced to 'one day, deemed served,' meaning she will not spend any time in prison if the judge adopts the recommendation.
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As of Tuesday afternoon, a date had yet to be set for her plea hearing.
Leslie is accused of
Officials did not disclose that Leslie was sitting on
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In a highly unusual move, the US attorney's office convened a grand jury to investigate the state's handling of Read's murder prosecution before the case went to trial. While federal grand jury proceedings are by law secret, details of the probe into the Norfolk district attorney's prosecution of Read spilled into public view during state court proceedings. The federal grand jury investigation did not lead to charges against anyone, except Leslie.
Read, 45, was retried and acquitted of second-degree murder, manslaughter by drunk driving, and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death. She was convicted of of operating under the influence, a misdemeanor
and the lone charge that did not involve the
jury finding Read struck O'Keefe with a car. It was the second trial for Read after another jury ended with a mistrial a year ago.
Prosecutors alleged Read drunkenly and intentionally backed her SUV into O'Keefe outside the Canton home of Boston Police Officer Brian Albert after a night of bar-hopping and left him to die in a blizzard on Jan. 29, 2022.
Her lawyers said she was framed and that O'Keefe entered the home where he was fatally beaten and possibly mauled by Albert's German shepherd, Chloe, before his body was dumped on the front lawn.
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