Will Karen Read walk free after three years, two trials, and several weeks of testimony? Or will she end up behind bars?

The same issue arose at Read’s first trial: multiple jurors, in the wake of Cannone declaring a mistrial, reported to Read’s defense that they agreed to acquit her on two of the three counts, but they didn’t know they could return a partial verdict. That led to a lengthy appeals fight that was appealed to but not taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Karen Read's murder trial now rests with the jury, which appears focused on a drunken driving charge after prosecutors played clips of her discussing spiking her own drinks.

Supporters of Karen Read packed the sidewalk across the street from the courthouse, anxiously awaiting a verdict during a day dramatized by a series of questions from the jury. But by 4 p.m., the judge sent the jury home to come back a resume deliberations in the morning.

Those charges never should have been brought forward,” Aidan Kearney said Tuesday outside Norfolk Superior Court, where he was covering jury deliberations in the Karen Read trial.