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Tanner Horner will reside in notorious Texas prison after death sentence for murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand: ‘A form of torture’
NY Post ^ | 5/08/26 | Alex Oliveira

Posted on 05/08/2026 3:54:54 PM PDT by Libloather

Convicted child killer Tanner Horner will take up residence in one of the most brutal death row prisons after being sentenced to die by a Texas jury this week.

Horner will rot away at the Polunsky Unit, an infamously restrictive prison outside Houston where the state’s death row inmates are housed in an all-solitary confinement wing and spend at least 22 hours a day in their 60-square-foot cells.

The former FedEx deliveryman, 34, was booked at the notorious prison Tuesday within hours of being sentenced for the gruesome murder of Athena Strand, 7, whom he admitted strangling while delivering a Christmas gift to her home in November 2022.

Horner will remain at the prison until he dies by lethal injection — which could be anywhere from years to decades from now, depending on how long he fights on appeal.

The case was automatically appealed after his sentence was handed down — based on Texas’ standard capital punishment laws — guaranteeing him at least a short stay in his cozy new crib.

But Horner could have decades ahead of him if he chooses to push his appeal and finds grounds to do so.

The Polunsky Unit has death row inmates who have been sitting there for nearly 50 years, with the longest awaiting their execution since being condemned in 1977.

Most are dispatched far more quickly, however, with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice listing the average stay on death row at just over 11 years.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: crime; death; fedex; horner; strand; texas; torture
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Fry this guy.
1 posted on 05/08/2026 3:54:54 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

His behavior is highly indicative of having committed similar crimes in the past. You just don’t “strangle a child in a panic” on the first mistake. This was build into his psyche.


2 posted on 05/08/2026 3:59:31 PM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: Libloather

They will fry him....around the year 2050.


3 posted on 05/08/2026 4:00:57 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Libloather

I hope he gets sodomized in a bathroom stall while drowning head down in a toilet full of crap.


4 posted on 05/08/2026 4:02:48 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: fwdude

His behavior is highly indicative of having committed similar crimes in the past.

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He took Prozac. It might have been a side effect from withdrawing.


5 posted on 05/08/2026 4:05:07 PM PDT by TTFX
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Give him to the make family members of the victim for two hours.

And turn your backs.

Bastard should be dragged behind a pickup truck by his neck over a gravel road.


6 posted on 05/08/2026 4:06:27 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Libloather

How long before this guy slips on a bar of soap and drowns in a toilet bowl?


7 posted on 05/08/2026 4:11:41 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Libloather

And along comes boo-hoo liberal lawyers to appeal for this guy ... we should have the names of those lawyers ....


8 posted on 05/08/2026 4:11:52 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: TTFX

Right - take Prozac and kill a kid during withdrawal.


9 posted on 05/08/2026 4:13:00 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: SkyDancer

THIS IS WHEN I HATE DEFENSE LAWYERS


10 posted on 05/08/2026 4:14:51 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Everybody is entitled to a defense, however, atty’s who value their reputations should choose wisely. Yes, there are sharks out there just going for the gov’t payout.


11 posted on 05/08/2026 4:20:45 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: SkyDancer

Think about being O.J. Simpson’s pro bono lawyer.


12 posted on 05/08/2026 4:25:26 PM PDT by TTFX
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To: dfwgator

Not in Texas

They don’t drag it out for years


13 posted on 05/08/2026 4:28:06 PM PDT by digger48
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To: CivilWarBrewing

They are in solitary..............


14 posted on 05/08/2026 4:33:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: digger48

AI Overview

Based on reports as of early 2026, the average stay on death row in Texas before execution is just over 11 years.


15 posted on 05/08/2026 4:35:46 PM PDT by TTFX
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To: digger48

The guy they just executed was convicted in 2008.


16 posted on 05/08/2026 4:36:44 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Libloather

At least 11 years of 3 hots and a cot on the taxpayer’s dime? And he’ll get to live 4 or more years than his victim did?

We need to shake this system up, it’s so unfair to victims. It only caters to the murderers.


17 posted on 05/08/2026 4:44:09 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Libloather

ALL KILLERS SHOULD BE IN THIS PRISON!!


18 posted on 05/08/2026 4:45:12 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ridesthemiles; Libloather

Defense lawyers are just doing it for the money. They couldn’t care less that guys like this are guilty as hell. The taxpayer has to pay for these greedy bastard lawyers as well as everything else.


19 posted on 05/08/2026 4:47:20 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Libloather

Why is the state of Texas coddling this scumbag? The cells are 60 square feet? Alcatraz cells were 5’ by 9’ and they were good enough for the likes of this murderous chomo.


20 posted on 05/08/2026 5:00:53 PM PDT by ssapro (SSAPRO/ EXBP)
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