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Grand jury does not indict Anita King, Stephanie Casola
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Friday the Newton County grand jury considered charges of disruptive conduct at a funeral service, criminal trespass and unlawful placement of signs against Anita King and Stephanie Casola, who picketed at Lanny Barnes funeral. Barnes had previously been convicted of murdering King's 2-year-old daughter Avery, after he ran over her and several members of her family at McDonald's on Highway 278. After considering all of the facts and circumstances surrounding the events of July 2, the date of Lanny Barnes' funeral, as well as the applicable law, the grand jury decided not to return any