docs: def read(fname):
  		"""
  		Reads a Json file
  		in: file name
  		out: length of file, dictionary
  		"""
  		try:
  			with open(fname, 'r') as f:
  				data = json.load(f)
  			return data
  
  		except IOError:
  			raise Exception('Could not open {0!s} for reading'.format((fname)))