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

When Karen Read returns to court for her retrial in the death of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, the prosecution in the controversial and closely watched case will be led by a new,

Hank Brennan, who worked on the defense team for Whitey Bulger, has been added to lead the prosecution team in the retrial of Karen Read.

Ms. Read will receive the dignity and fairness that every defendant deserves in our criminal justice system,” Hank Brennan said Wednesday. The post DA’s office taps Whitey Bulger’s former attorney to prosecute Karen Read the second time around appeared first on Boston.

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.