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 ...

The buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham was expanded for the Read retrial after jurors during the first trial reported that they could hear loud protesters during deliberations.

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 ...