Prosecutors have asked Massachusetts’ highest court to allow them to retry Karen Read for the murder of her Boston police officer boyfriend, arguing against a bid by the defense to have two of her three charges dropped.

Prosecutors in the Karen Read legal saga on Wednesday filed their brief with the state’s highest court urging the panel to reject her request to have the second-degree murder and leaving the scene charges dismissed against her in the high-profile case.

Karen Read prosecutors say that the trial judge did not err in declaring a mistrial and that “there was no meaningful alternative” to her decision in their response to her SJC appeal seeking to

Prosecutors in the Karen Read murder case said they’ve filed their response to her appeal to have two counts in her murder case dropped. The ACLU has also weighed in.