Karen Read’s legal team has submitted a redacted version of its latest motion to dismiss her case “on the basis of extraordinary governmental misconduct” — primarily the alleged withholding of

Critical evidence that could have proved Karen Read's innocence was intentionally withheld and destroyed, her lawyers claimed Thursday.

Karen Read is asking the judge to dismiss the entire case​ for reasons of "extraordinary governmental misconduct."

There is no cure, short of dismissal with prejudice, that can remedy the serious constitutional and statutory violations that have occurred in this case," Read's lawyers wrote.

In a highly anticipated filing, Karen Read's defense team has asked Judge Beverly Cannone to dismiss Read's entire case for reasons of "extraordinary governmental misconduct." Read's defense team had hinted at this filing last month.

A redacted copy of a new defense motion that seeks to dismiss all charges in the Karen Read murder case on the “basis of extraordinary governmental misconduct” accuses the Commonwealth of “destroying exculpatory evidence,

The Karen Read defense team has delivered its motion to dismiss for “Extraordinary Governmental Misconduct,” just as promised late last month.

Karen Read's latest attempt to get her murder case dismissed accuses the prosecution of "extraordinary government misconduct," including the suppression of evidence, failure to preserve evidence, witness interference and jury interference.

Prosecutors allege that Read backed her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage into her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, early on Jan. 29, 2022.

Karen Read’s motion to dismiss the murder case against her was filed in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday ahead of a second trial in April, court records show. But a copy of the motion was not immediately available because it was impounded,