Garrard had asked through her attorneys for the jury to impose a sentence of life without parole. The worst punishment is to send her to the state penitentiary as the grandmother who ran her granddaughter to death, Defense attorney Richard Rhea said during final arguments today.
Date: Mar 26, 2015
Category: U.S.
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Alabama jury convicts woman of capital murder in 9-year-old granddaughter's ...
Defense attorney Richard Rhea had portrayed his client as a devoted grandmother who was helping to look after 9-year-old Savannah while the girl's father was overseas working as a contractor for the U.S. State Department.
Date: Mar 20, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
State rests in Joyce Garrard case; acquittal motion denied
Under cross-examination by defense attorney Richard Rhea, Gibson said she had incorrectly marked Savannah's score on a Glascow coma scale, used to determine a person's consciousness. The scale measures eye, verbal and motor skills. Gibson said she marked Savannah as a 4 using a dropdown menu on her
Richard Rhea indicated during a court hearing that talks between 28-year-old Jessica Mae Hardin and prosecutors may be under way. Rhea represents the dead girl's grandmother, 47-year-old Joyce Hardin Garrard.
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