Death penalty is focus in jury selection for Athena Strand’s accused killer

Tanner Horner, the FedEx driver accused of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old North Texas girl Athena Strand, appeared in a Tarrant County criminal court Tuesday as the jury selection process continues for his upcoming capital murder trial.

Horner’s attorneys and a team of prosecutors with the Wise County District Attorney’s Office conducted one-on-one interviews with prospective jurors on their fitness to serve.

“There are no wrong answers, only honest ones,” defense attorney Susan Anderson told one of the potential jurors…

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