For the second time in a week, Judge Beverly Cannone denied Karen Read's attorneys' request for a mistrial after they accused the prosecution of misconduct.

The jury started to deliberate shortly after 2:30 p.m. Friday and were sent home two hours later. Deliberations will resume Monday morning.

Both sides in Karen Read’s murder retrial appeared in court Thursday for a hearing before they deliver closing arguments to jurors on Friday. The hearing is known as a charge conference, where the parties hash out instructions the jury will receive before they start deliberating. Jurors weren’t present for Thursday’s proceedings.

Karen Read will not take the witness stand in the second trial about the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend as the defense has rested.