The judge in Karen Read's trial has lifted a ban on protests within a 200-foot buffer zone outside the Massachusetts courtroom.

A panel of appeals judges have vacated, but not reversed, an order finding that the Karen Read trial buffer zone for protesters is valid and constitutional. The appeals court is now sending the ...

A group of "Free Karen Read" supporters have filed a lawsuit in federal court, arguing that a court mandated buffer zone violates their constitutional rights. Judge Beverly Cannone has extended ...

A court of appeals deemed a buffer zone around the Dedham courthouse constitutional, but suggested revisiting rules to allow peaceful protest during Karen Read's murder trial. Read supporters sued ...

A lawn next to Norfolk Superior Court will remain off limits for protests during Karen Read’s second murder trial as a federal judge has upheld an expanded buffer zone days before opening ...

Scott McGuinness and Tina Alva stand on the buffer zone line as Karen Read supporters demonstrate on Monday. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) The protesters during arguments told the appeals court that ...

A Woburn man is charged with trespassing and disturbing the peace after he allegedly refused to leave the buffer zone outside the courthouse where the Karen Read trial is being held, court records ...