Karen Read wants a judge to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed against her until after she is retried on charges she killed her police officer boyfriend in

Prosecutors called on the highest court in Massachusetts not to support dropping two charges against Karen Read who is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend based

Prosecutors in the Karen Read legal saga on Wednesday filed their brief with the state’s highest court urging the panel to reject her request to have the second-degree murder and leaving the scene charges dismissed against her in the high-profile case.

Read’s attorneys argue she is being framed and that other law enforcement officers are responsible for O’Keefe’s death. A judge declared a mistrial in June after finding that jurors couldn’t reach an agreement.

The state's highest court may have to determine whether the jury in Karen Read's trial was truly deadlocked or led astray from acquitting her of murder. Why it matters: The high-profile Read case is raising broader questions about whether someone can be retried without it counting as double jeopardy.

Karen Read prosecutors say that the trial judge did not err in declaring a mistrial and that “there was no meaningful alternative” to her decision in their response to her SJC appeal seeking to

Prosecutors said the trial judge handled the deadlocked jury correctly and asked the state's top court to consider the impact Read's requests could have on future juries.