Jurors at the murder trial of accused child-killer Joel Steinberg quivered in their seats as they watched a graphic color videotape showing the battered face and body of Steinberg's former lover, Hedda Nussbaum.

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Several jurors squirmed and passed their hands over their faces as others strained forward to better see the 5-minute tape Thursday showing Nussbaum's gangrenous leg, broken ribs and bald patches on her scalp where hair apparently had been yanked out.Nussbaum will be called to testify as a star prosecution witness against Steinberg, who is accused of beating to death the 6-year-old girl they raised, Lisa Steinberg.

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