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Jury selection has begun in the retrial of Karen Read, less than a year after a judge declared a mistrial on charges that she was responsible for the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend.

Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone questioned nearly 90 more prospective jurors on Wednesday, ultimately seating another five in the retrial of Karen Read. Read, 45, of Mansfield, is accused of hitting John O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in Canton on Jan.

Last year, the judge declared a mistrial after jurors said they were at an impasse and that deliberating further would be futile.

Through the first two days of the selection process, a total of seven jurors were seated for the trial. The court seeks to seat 16 jurors, of which 12 will end up deliberating and four will serve as alternates.

Is there anything about the high-profile nature of this case that would prevent you from serving as a fair and impartial juror?” candidates were asked.

Two jurors have been seated as jury selection continued Wednesday in a Massachusetts courtroom in the retrial of Karen Read.

Karen Read faces the same charges she did in her first trial: second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision that caused injury and death.