[chris]

Alabama girl who died after witnesses said she was forced to run for three hours as punishment for lying, have been charged with murder and are being held in jail.

Authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin died after being forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. Severely dehydrated, the girl had a seizure and died days later. Now, her grandmother and stepmother who police say meted out the punishment were taken to jail Wednesday and face murder charges.

Witnesses told deputies Savannah was told to run and not allowed to stop for three hours on Friday, an Etowah County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said. The girl's stepmother, 27-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin, called police at 6:45 p.m., telling them Savannah was having a seizure and was unresponsive.

[ColbiasVolk]

Fuckers need to see what it is like to run.

[Cumulonimbus]

What could these women have been thinking? Either no common sense whatsoever or malicious intent. Who knows what else this poor girl had endured?

[Steve]

I don't think that's murder, manslaughter yes.

[BryanXavier]

I read that too. 3 hours is practically a marathon.

[Dynamo47]

I saw this on the news and it breaks my heart. Such a pretty, bright girl who will never have a boyfriend, never get married, have children etc because her family are idiots.

And Steve while it does sicken me that it should be manslaughter, I agree.

[Faline]

[Kanda444]

breaks my heart

[DiamondSmiles]

Sad. If that's the worse thing the girl did, they should have been happy! Let's tie the killers to the back of a car bumper and take them on a run!

[dimitrije]

Fuck, sick people...