Judge orders lawyers to question new jury pool

ATLANTA - More setbacks Wednesday in choosing a jury in the trial of an East Point grandmother charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of her three-year-old granddaughter. <br> <br> The judge in the case ordered lawyers to question a new jury pool Wednesday after state witnesses were heard conversing in the hall within the earshot of potential jurors. <br> <br> The judge reprimanded the prosecutor in the case. Beverly Headspeth is accused of failing to protect the girl by leaving her in the care of her eleven-year-old son. Lawyers had hoped to have a jury seated before Wednesday. <br> <br> The order to consider a new jury pool comes a day after a photograph of the girl -- Alexis -- was left face-up in the courtroom where it could be seen by the jury panel.

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