DEDHAM, Mass. (WLNE) —  Judge Beverly Cannone will preside over Karen Read’s retrial in January. Read, who was tried for the murder of her police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, was a former professor from Bentley College and was living in Mansfield at the time of O’Keefe’s death. Read’s trial ended in a mistrial. A spokesperson did confirm that Cannone will serve in Norfolk County in 2025 and will preside over the Commonwealth v. Karen Read case in January. “In Superior Court, regional administrative justices and other leaders serve in their leadership roles for three years, after which they rotate out of them, barring exceptional circumstances,” the spokesperson said. “For that reason, several administrative justices and other leaders will in 2025 rotate out of those roles, including Judge Cannone from her role as Regional Administrative Justice in Norfolk County. She will also assume the chair of the Superior Court’s Criminal Committee in 2025.” Cannone did rejected Read’s defense’s to have some of the charges dropped, which is now being appealed in the Supreme Court. Categories: News