Jury Selection Continues in Parker Trial

MANGUM, OKLA. (AP) � Jury selection continues today in the East Texas-connected trial of Bobbi Parker in Mangum, Oklahoma. Another person was placed on a panel of prospective jurors Friday in the case of the former Oklahoma prison warden�s wife accused of helping an inmate she allegedly fell in love with escape. Defense attorney Garvin Isaacs says there were 21 possible jurors on the panel when jury selection concluded Friday. Attorneys plan to pick 22 prospective jurors from which Parker�s 12-member jury will be chosen. Parker is accused of helping convicted killer Randolph Dial escape from the Oklahoma State Reformatory in 1994. Prosecutors allege she ran away with him, but defense attorneys say Dial kidnapped Parker and held her hostage until she was rescued in 2005 at a Shelby County, Texas, chicken ranch. Parker has pleaded not guilty.