article_snippet: Prosecutors in the capital murder trial of an Alabama woman charged in her death compared the girl to a drill sergeant for forcing the girl to run nonstop for three hours in opening statements today.
article_snippet: Garrard, 49, could face the death penalty or life without parole if convicted.
article_snippet: Gerrard allegedly made She granddaughter carry sticks of wood as her granddaughter ran to her granddaughter death at her granddaughter home (pictured).
article_snippet: But defense lawyers are expected to argue that the third-grader's death was not Gerrard's fault .
article_snippet: Defense attorneys have said it was her granddaughter medical condition that caused her death .
article_snippet: This afternoon, prosecutors will put forward prosecutors allegations against Garrard, who was charged in the fatal February 2012 incident alongside .
article_snippet: Authorities said her granddaughter failed to intervene while the older woman forced the girl to run.
highlights_snippet: Allegedly forced youngster to run to the girl death carrying firewood at home in Alabama in 2012 .
  