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Old 02-23-2012, 06:21 PM   #1
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Nine-year-old Savannah Hardin is dead because she wanted a chocolate bar.

The Alabama girl's stepmother and grandmother found out that she'd eaten the candy without permission, according to police, and punished her by making her run for three hours while they looked on. The third-grader suffered seizures and died.

The Associated Press is reporting that prosecutors may seek the death penalty.


EDIT: Oops, sorry, forgot my link: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/n...,4707283.story
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Old 02-23-2012, 06:24 PM   #2
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A seizure? Is that what happens to kids when they run for too long? I swear I could go for longer than that.

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Alabama? Not surprised...
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Old 02-23-2012, 06:27 PM   #3
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Old 02-23-2012, 06:38 PM   #4
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I think this really depends on the intensity the parents made her exercise.

Also brings up an interesting comparison to football players who die when there coaches overwork them.

I dont think punishment is deserved if there is no other history of abuse. Usually when people die of exercertion there is some underlying condition that hasnt been diagnosed.
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Old 02-23-2012, 06:42 PM   #5
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Good grief, what is wrong with people. I am thinking this had to take place in the trailer park......
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Old 02-23-2012, 06:52 PM   #6
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I am thinking this had to take place in the trailer park......
From the article I linked above:

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Roger Simpson, who lives up the hill from the doublewide trailer where Savannah lived with Jessica and her father Robert Hardin, said he saw the girl running in the yard.
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Old 02-23-2012, 07:04 PM   #7
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So sad. Every state has weirdos but lotsa really ignorant characters from Bammy here in Fl.

It's such a beautiful state too. All those huge live oak trees...

My #1 idiot state is Texas
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Old 02-23-2012, 07:16 PM   #8
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I think we need to wait for more information. My guess is there was something physically wrong with the kid that created the seizures when she was made to physically overexert herself.

Either way, pretty dumb to do that. A kid eating a chocolate bar without permission? OMG! Really have to punish her now.

I doubt the death penalty will apply, but I wouldn't have much remorse.
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Old 02-23-2012, 07:35 PM   #9
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A seizure? Is that what happens to kids when they run for too long? I swear I could go for longer than that.

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Alabama? Not surprised...
I know this is the internet and all, but dood, seriously, I think a piece of my soul just died reading that. Joke or not and with or without the green text.
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Old 02-23-2012, 07:42 PM   #10
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Old 02-23-2012, 07:54 PM   #11
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I'm slightly dyslexic and may have read that title as "Nine-year-old forced to eat chocolate bar for 3 hours" and I sat around trying to figure out what company made a chocolate bar that big.
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A seizure? Is that what happens to kids when they run for too long? I swear I could go for longer than that.

You got a link?

Alabama? Not surprised...
Yes, that's what happens to anybody when they run too long without being properly hydrated.
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I'm slightly dyslexic and may have read that title as "Nine-year-old forced to eat chocolate bar for 3 hours" and I sat around trying to figure out what company made a chocolate bar that big.
Forget about eating the whole thing, I just want to see the size of a chocolate bar that takes three hours of running just to get off of it.
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Forget about eating the whole thing, I just want to see the size of a chocolate bar that takes three hours of running just to get off of it.
No kidding. Average bar is around 200-300 calories, which I can burn on the bike in 20 min max.
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That county is a boarder county to mine.
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That county is a boarder county to mine.
So that county lives in your county and you feed and shelter it? Well you should kick it out, because that county is up to no good.
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That county is a boarder county to mine.
Has there been a local shortage of chocolate bars, by any chance?
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Video here:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=27f_1330064604

And Mikey, you should be able to help us with your expertise in identifying the make and model of their trailer home.
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No one said the war on obesity would be bloodless.
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There were times my grade seven gym teacher nearly ran me to death. I would like to see him locked up.
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