The nation's highest court could decide later this month whether to take up Read's double jeopardy claims. The post The Supreme Court denied Karen Read’s request to pause her retrial. What comes next?

Karen Read asked the nation's highest court for a stay of her retrial while she waits to see if the court will overturn two charges against her.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not delay Karen Read’s second murder trial on claims of double jeopardy, setting the stage for opening statements to be presented next week. Read’s attorneys had filed an emergency appeal for a delay in the trial,