An Alabama jury has found a woman guilty of capital murder after she made her 9-year-old granddaughter run for three hours as punishment - causing her to collapse and die . Joyce Hardin Garrard faces the death penalty or life without parole for the February 2012 death of Savannah Hardin , after the verdict was delivered on Friday . Garrard showed no reaction when the verdict was read , but she hugged her three attorneys before being led out of court by deputies . She glared toward the audience as she walked out silently . Scroll down for video . Joyce Hardin Garrard is led back to the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden , Alabama , after being found guilty of capital murder . She made granddaughter Savannah Hardin , 9 , run for three hours as punishment in 2012 . The youngster collapsed and had a seizure after carrying wood . She died three days later in hospital . Some of her relatives sitting behind her began to cry . Defense attorney Dani Bone laid his head on the table in front of him after the verdict , delivered after about 3½ hours of deliberation . Garrard 's husband , Johnny , sat behind her , hugging a crying daughter before the daughter ran from the courtroom sobbing . Garrard is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday . Jurors will hear additional testimony and make a decision on whether to recommend life without parole or death . The final decision is up to the judge . Authorities claimed the 49-year-old woman forced Savannah to run and carry wood for hours as punishment for a lie about candy . Savannah eventually had a seizure and died three days later in a hospital . The defense denied the woman meant the girl any harm , but jurors rejected that claim . Garrard had testified she only made the girl pick up sticks in her yard as punishment the day of her collapse . Garrard testified that the girl did run , but only as practice for races at school . Prosecutors contended that Garrard refused to let Savannah stop running even after the girl was vomiting and begging for an end to the exercise . In court , they cited a school bus surveillance video that captured Garrard saying she would run the girl and teach her a lesson . Garrard walks to the Etowah County Judicial Building on Friday to prepare for a hearing . She now faces the death penalty or life without parole . Assistant District Attorney Carol Griffith said Garrard killed the child intentionally by berating her and making her run around the yard picking up sticks . 'She was tortured , ' Griffith said . 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 . Some witnesses who testified about seeing Garrard force Savannah to run seemed more upset in recalling the scene from the stand than Garrard appeared to be , Griffith said . But Rhea urged jurors to ask why none of the witnesses intervened if they thought the abuse was so awful that day . The 49-year-old walks in handcuffs around her feet , waist and arms , accompanied by two officers . He said , ' I think we have all had the thought : `` If it was that bad , why did n't they do something ? '' He said witnesses did n't notify police about their concerns until days later , after they heard girl was on life support . 'Then it becomes `` Oh yeah , I witnessed boot camp . I witnessed the drill sergeant from hell '' , ' he said . Garrard was the final witness to testify on Wednesday and attorneys for both sides concluded their closing arguments Friday afternoon . Garrard has been in jail awaiting trial for three years , and that time typically would be applied to any potential sentence . Savannah 's stepmother Jessica Mae Hardin has also been charged with her murder , which carries a life sentence . The girl was in the care of her stepmother and grandmother while her father was away . Hardin , who is awaiting trial , gave birth while in custody in February 2012 . A 911 operator told the court Garrard asked 'for a smoke ' while the girl was unconscious outside their home .
ma ##rion carpenter , 49 , was convicted for the 2012 of Savannah Hardin . police heard she made the youngster carry wood for three hours . Savannah had a seizure and died three days later in hospital . Garrard admitted making the girl run , but said it was to train for school . A surveillance video showed the grandmother saying she should run the girl and teach her a lesson . 911 operator said she ' asked for a ride ' while girl was unconscious .