Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone has been sued for reinstating a buffer zone, limiting Karen Read supporters from demonstrating outside the Dedham courthouse.

At the center of the trial is Superior Court Judge Beverly J. Cannone, who also presided over last year's proceedings. A longtime judge for Massachusetts' Superior Court, Cannone is a South Shore native who was once a public defender. Here's what to know about her.

Four Massachusetts residents are suing Judge Beverly Cannone over her decision to reinstate a 200-foot buffer zone outside Dedham’s Norfolk Superior Court for the retrial of Karen Read, arguing that their “constitutional guarantees” to protest have been violated.

Norfolk Superior Court Judge Beverly Cannone questioned nearly 90 more prospective jurors on Wednesday, ultimately seating another five in the retrial of Karen Read. Read, 45, of Mansfield, is accused of hitting John O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in Canton on Jan.

Last year, the judge declared a mistrial after jurors said they were at an impasse and that deliberating further would be futile.

Through the first two days of the selection process, a total of seven jurors were seated for the trial. The court seeks to seat 16 jurors, of which 12 will end up deliberating and four will serve as alternates.

Is there anything about the high-profile nature of this case that would prevent you from serving as a fair and impartial juror?” candidates were asked.

Two jurors have been seated as jury selection continued Wednesday in a Massachusetts courtroom in the retrial of Karen Read.

Karen Read faces the same charges she did in her first trial: second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision that caused injury and death.