Ms. Read will receive the dignity and fairness that every defendant deserves in our criminal justice system,” Hank Brennan said Wednesday.

Prominent Boston attorney Hank Brennan said he will prosecute the Read case "meticulously, ethically, and zealously, without compromise.”

With the appointment, Special Assistant District Attorney Hank Brennan said he wants to "make certain that Karen Read receives a fair trial," a statement read.

A special prosecutor has been appointed to lead the state’s team in the upcoming re-trial of Karen Read in the death of her boyfriend.

A Massachusetts district attorney on Wednesday appointed a special prosecutor, who has represented James “Whitey” Bulger and other prominent clients in the past, to take on the Karen Read murder case.

I think it will be interesting to see if he’s able to not only win the case, but whether he’s able to change public perception.” The post Karen Read retrial: Legal experts weigh in on what the new special prosecutor means for Round 2 appeared first on Boston.

A lawyer who represented Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger will prosecute Karen Read, whose murder trial in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend ended with a hung jury, when the case is retried,

A Massachusetts district attorney has appointed a special prosecutor, who has represented “Whitey” Bulger and other prominent clients in the past, to take on the Karen Read murder case.