article_snippet: Jurors rejected prosecutors' pleas for a death sentence for Joyce Hardin Garrard in the February 2012 death of 9-year-old Savannah Hardin.
article_snippet: Joyce Hardin Garrard was found guilty of capital murder last week by a jury that today voted 7 to 5 to imprison the 50-year-old for life rather than put her to death for running to death her granddaughter Savannah Hardin in February 2012 .
article_snippet: a jury that today voted 7 to 5 to imprison the 50-year-old for life rather than put her to death for running to death her granddaughter Savannah Hardin in February 2012 convicted Garrard of capital murder last week.
article_snippet: a jury that today voted 7 to 5 to imprison the 50-year-old for life rather than put her to death for running to death her granddaughter Savannah Hardin in February 2012 began deliberating late in the morning after prosecution and defense attorneys presented closing arguments in the sentencing phase of Joyce Hardin Garrard's trial.
article_snippet: Garrard of capital murder forced Savannah Hardin to help kill the victim.'
article_snippet: Jessica Mae Hardin (right), Savannah's stepmother, were arrested in February 2012.  
article_snippet: Authorities contend Hardin, who was married to Garrard's son Robert, should go to prison for failing to help Harden  stepdaughter during the child's ordeal on Feb. 17, 2012.
article_snippet: Hardin, 30, has pleaded not guilty.
article_snippet: No trial date is set for Hardin, who was pregnant when Savannah died and gave birth while in police custody following Harden  arrest.
article_snippet: Savannah Hardin mother , Heather Walker (right), told the court that Harden  believes Harden  ex-mother-in-law deserves the death penalty .
highlights_snippet: Savannah's stepmother Jessica Mae Hardin, 30, is now awaiting trial on a murder charge .