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Monday, May 11, 2015

Woman gets life sentence in granddaughter's running death

GADSDEN, Ala. - An Alabama woman convicted of running her 9-year-old granddaughter to death as punishment for lying about candy was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Joyce Hardin Garrard held hands with her defense lawyer as Etowah County Circuit Judge Billy Ogletree handed down the sentence. She told Ogletree that if she could change anything, it would be to have her granddaughter alive today.

A jury convicted Garrard of capital murder in March and recommended a sentence of life in prison. The judge could have given her the death penalty. Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp told the judge Monday that prosecutors were satisfied with the jury's recommendation.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 11, 2015 at 11:40 PM

    Somebody aught make her fat ass run!

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  2. AnonymousMay 12, 2015 at 9:07 AM

    Just punishment to fit the crime and for others who punish their own children (or those in their care) in similar ways to think about.

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  3. AnonymousMay 12, 2015 at 11:46 AM

    I guess coaches around the nation will have to be arrested too.

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