well, after going back and really reading tweets of the charging by the judge, there is no doubt in my mind (not that there ever was)......
this murder CLEARLY qualifies for the death penalty and i pray that this jury recommends it to the judge and that he bestows it upon this monster as soon as possible.......
"granny"joyce.......may you rot in hell :jail:
It certainly qualifies as a death penalty case but I don't believe they will give her death even though she is certainly deserving.
Of all cases I keep up with I get more antsy/nervous/worried about the punishment if the defendant is a female and the victim is a child. I have seen so many unjust sentences handed down by jurors that it has left me feeling children have less value in the justice system when their offender is a female.
I would like to see this jury put aside gender and just look at the cruelty and heinousness of the crime committed and come to the correct sentence of death. It sure would renew my faith in the justice system if that was to happen. But I am not holding my breath.
I imagine like so many times before she will be given life without parole.
I wonder how long she would last if she was made to run for hours holding heavy wood? Maybe she should try it to see what pain and suffering she put Savannah through. And to know this Drill Sgt. from hell did this all over candy is even more reprehensible. If she hadn't killed Savannah that day she probably would have on another day when she was on her control freak high horse about something else trivial that Savannah had done.
It shows what a mean cold person she is to go to this extreme over candy. And of course the abuse excuse is always thrown into the mix when its a female offender too. (eye-roll)
If she had been abused as a child then she should have made sure that Savannah never experienced abuse from her and protected her if anyone else tried to abuse her granddaughter. It was like she thought 'ok I had a rough life (boo-hoo) ,and because of that, I am going to see your life growing up is a living hell too.' I hate women that say they were abused and then become abusive themselves. They of all people, know the pain, humiliation, emotional/physical scars, and suffering it causes. She should be the very one who was bound, and determined to break the cycle, and not continue to make her own victim instead.
WilliamThornton 
