LIVE TRIAL COVERAGE: The Death of Athena Strand | Tanner Horner's Capital Murder Sentencing - Day 19
Former FedEx driver Tanner Horner has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing 7-year-old North Texas girl Athena Strand in 2022. Now, the trial continues its sentencing phase -- and he could receive the death penalty. Horner's attorney have argued that Horner's Autism Spectrum Disorder "reduces his moral blameworthiness, negates the retributive and deterrent purposes of capital punishment and exposes him to the unacceptable risk that he will be wrongfully sentenced to death.