[DiamondSmiles]

This is an update, but, I cannot find my original post.

By Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Provided by Vox.com

May 10, 2015

GADSDEN, Alabama — A judge must decide whether to sentence an Alabama woman to life or execution by lethal injection for the killing of her 9 year old granddaughter, who prosecutors say died after being forced to run for hours for telling a lie.

Etowah County Circuit Judge Billy Ogletree scheduled a sentencing hearing for Monday afternoon for Joyce Hardin Garrard, 50.

Jurors who convicted Garrard of capital murder in March recommended a sentence of life without parole in the February, 2012, death of Savannah Hardin.

Garrard was convicted of killing her granddaughter by making her run for hours as punishment for a lie about candy.

Prosecutors sought the death penalty, but, said they were satisfied with the jury's suggestion of life after the trial.

But, the jury's recommendation came on a 7-5 vote, and Ogletree could still sentence the woman to death by lethal injection under Alabama law.

A study by the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative found that Alabama judges in capital cases have overridden jury recommendations more than 100 times since 1976, and 92 percent of those decisions overruled life recommendations to impose death.

Neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys responded to interview requests before Garrard's sentencing.

Deputy District Attorney Marcus Reid had asked jurors to recommend the death penalty following the conviction.

"This case is the only case I know of where the perpetrator forced the victim to participate in her own death," he told jurors. "Joyce Garrard forced Savannah Hardin to help kill herself."

But, the defense and relatives pleaded for life, and Garrard told jurors she didn't mean to harm the girl. Garrard testified that she was actually helping Savannah, who wanted to do better in foot races at school.

"(Savannah) asked me to coach her. Instead of coming in second in her running class at school she wanted to come in first," said Garrard.

Testimony showed that the child collapsed and vomited outside her rural home following an afternoon of running and carrying sticks, and she died several days later in a hospital after doctors removed her from life support.

Booking photo of Joyce Hardin Garrard Etowah County Sheriff's Office/AP

They should make "granny," and stepmonster run until they collapse, and keep whipping them until they die. I hope it's the prison with the chain gangs and tents in the heat. This is the original story.

*Savannah Hardin, 9, Dies After Being Forced to Run for 3 Hours*

BY Brian Orloff
peoplemagazine.com

02/24/2012

A 9 year old Alabama girl died on Monday after allegedly being forced to run for three hours as a punishment for lying about eating a candy bar.

The girl, Savannah Hardin, was reportedly forced to run on the afternoon of Friday, February 17, by her grandmother and stepmother.

According to the Birmingham News, her stepmother, Jessica Mae Hardin, called 911 at 6:45 p.m., and reported that Savannah was having a seizure and was unresponsive.

She was taken to Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, where she died after being taken off life support on Monday.

A state pathologist ruled the third grader's death a homicide, and her body has been sent to Huntsville, Alabama, for an autopsy, reports the Birmingham News. Preliminary reports indicated that Savannah was extremely dehydrated and had very low sodium levels.

The blonde woman is Savannah's mother, Heather Waler.

[Azimuth]

Death.

If any type of convicted criminal needs to die, it's these ones.

[kellyhound]

is wrong with these cunts

[TheCreeperBEATNGU]

Omg!!!! That poor girl!

[TheCreeperBEATNGU]

Even in the event she was trying to coach her to be number one in running, three hours straight a bit excessive for a nine year old child.

And ffs, she lied about eating a candy bar!! It's not like she was out killing people's beloved pets or harming other children.

[Arkoquisa]

Put these women into the hands of human traffickers.

[Pyramid_Head]

Uh, death...is it really that hard to decide? She tortured and killed a child. There is nothing to think about you idiots.

[DiamondSmiles]

Alabama Woman Who Ran Granddaughter to Death Gets Life in Prison

Reuters

May 11, 2015

A jury convicted 49 year old, Joyce Hardin Garrard, late Friday, March 20, 2015, in the February, 2012, death of Savannah Hardin, siding with prosecutors who depicted Garrard as a, "drill sergeant from Hell," a domineering taskmaster so enraged over a lie about candy that she made the girl run until she dropped.

An Alabama woman convicted of murder for running her granddaughter to death was spared the death penalty when a judge instead sentenced her on Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a court official said.

Joyce Garrard, 50, was convicted in March in the 2012 death of Savannah Hardin, 9, with the jury recommending that she spend the rest of her life in prison.

(Reporting by Wayne Hester; Writing by Jonathan Kaminsky)

[spudigitti]

Fukkin kunts, scummy rats

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by spudigitti ↗

Fukkin kunts, scummy rats

There should be a special place for people who harm children.

We have a local case where a young mother threw her baby in water, jumped in, and then got out.

The baby was found, resuscitated and died a few days later. He was under two. She should be drowned, the cunt!