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| Joyce Hardin Garrard |
Jurors are expected to begin deliberations today in the
Etowah County capital murder trial of Joyce Hardin Garrard. Closing arguments
in the case are set to begin today.
Prosecutors will argue that Garrard forced her
granddaughter, Savannah Hardin, to run for hours, carrying wood, as punishment
for lying about eating candy, until the girl collapsed, suffered a seizure and
later died.
Defense attorneys are expected to argue the state is wrong
about what led to the girl’s death — that she had too much water, causing low
sodium that led to her seizure, not too little.
After testimony ended Wednesday, attorneys worked with
Etowah County Circuit Judge Billy Ogletree to prepare the jury charges,
instructions the judge will give jurors as they deliberate a verdict.
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