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Shocking Connecticut Home Invasion Trial Begins Second Round
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsThe brutal crime destroyed a family and left a Connecticut jury in tears. And soon its hellish details will be heard in court again, this time for the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, the second man accused of killing a Connecticut woman and her two teenage daughters in a horrific 2007 home invasion. Komisarjevsky, 30, has been charged with killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, in their suburban home in Cheshire, Conn., in July 2007. Last year, Steven Hayes, 47, was convicted in the killings and sentenced to death after an emotionally charged trial. ...
Top Crime Stories of 2010
By David Lohr - AOL NewsMore than eight years after she was kidnapped from her bed at knifepoint, a young woman finally got justice. After nine long years, a Washington intern's family finally saw her killer convicted. And five years after an Alabama teen vanished, the main suspect in her disappearance was charged with murdering another young woman. In 2010, a grim sort of resolution was reached in some horrifying crimes that had dominated headlines earlier in the decade. But the year ended with the disappearances of two children on opposite coasts still unsolved -- although in each case police seem to be focusing ...
Conn. Home Invasion Survivor Can't Forgive 'Ultimate Evil'
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(Dec. 10) -- Dr. William Petit says that he could forgive someone for stealing his car, but not his family. Three years after his wife and two daughters were murdered in a brutal home invasion, Petit, the only survivor of the attacks, said forgiving the "essence of evil" would be wrong. William Petit, AP Pictured are Dr. William Petit with his daughters Michaela, front, and Hayley and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, on Cape Cod, Mass. Petit told Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that his family's murder was "the ultimate evil" that could never be forgiven. "I don't think you can forgive ultimate ...
Man Sentenced to Death for Home Invasion Killings
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Dec. 2) -- A Connecticut man who said he was "tormented" by his crimes was sentenced to death on Thursday for the killings of a woman and her two daughters in a gruesome 2007 home invasion. Steven Hayes apologized just before New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue pronounced the sentence that had been recommended last month by a jury that convicted him. "I am deeply sorry for what I have done and the pain I have caused," Hayes said. "My actions have hurt so many people, affected so many lives, caused so much pain. I am tormented and have nightmares about what happened in ...
Juror: 'No One Is Happy' by Conn. Death Sentence
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(Nov. 9) -- Jurors say they were left exhausted after voting for the death sentence in the horrific home invasion trial in Connecticut in which a mother and her two daughters were killed in a seven-hour attack, a case that was life-changing for one juror and so disturbing it left another questioning her own safety. "This is the condition where the death penalty was meant to be applied," juror Herbert Gram, 77, of Madison, told the New York Post. "The crime was so heinous, and there was so little remorse shown on the part of the defendant. He sat there with such a blank look." Gram and 11 ...
Petit: No Closure From Death Sentence
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(Nov. 8) -- The Connecticut doctor who survived a gruesome home invasion that claimed the lives of his wife and two daughters said today justice was served when a jury recommended a death sentence for the first defendant, although he'll suffer the loss of his family for a lifetime. "I don't think there will ever be closure," Dr. William Petit told reporters after the verdict. "Over time, the edges may smooth out a bit, but the holes in your heart ... are still there. "Whoever invented the idea of closure is an imbecile," he said. Petit spoke after a jury today recommended the death ...
Conn. Man Condemned to Die for Fatal Home Invasion
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Nov. 8) -- A Connecticut man was condemned to death Monday for a night of terror inside a suburban home in which a woman was strangled and her two daughters tied to their beds, doused in gasoline and left to die in a fire. Jurors in New Haven Superior Court voted unanimously to send Steven Hayes to death row after deliberating over the span of four days. Judge Jon Blue will impose the sentence on Dec. 2. "You have been explosed to images of depravity and horror that no human being should have to see," Blue said in thanking the jurors for their service. ...
Jury Resumes Deliberations in Home Invasion Case
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Nov. 7) -- A Connecticut jury has begun a third day of deliberations on whether a man convicted in a deadly home invasion should be executed. Steven Hayes was found guilty last month of killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters - 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela - in 2007 in Cheshire. His lawyers have argued in New Haven Superior Court that he should be spared the death penalty because his mental capacity was significantly impaired. Prosecutors say the death penalty is justice for such a heinous crime. They say Hayes and co-defendant Joshua Komisarjevsky ...
Jury Weighs Death Penalty in Home Invasion Murder Trial
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Nov. 5) -- A Connecticut jury has begun deliberations in the triple murder trial of Steven Hayes and will soon decide whether the man convicted of killing a Connecticut woman and her two daughters in a brutal 2007 home invasion should be put to death. Prosecutors have called for the death penalty in the emotional, high-profile trial, but defense lawyers mounted an unusual plea for Hayes' life Thursday, telling the jury that life behind bars would be a fate worse than death for the 47-year-old, who has reportedly already tried to commit suicide in prison. Connecticut Department of Correction ...
Defense Rests in Conn. Home Invasion Case
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Nov. 1) - Attorneys trying to persuade a jury to spare a Connecticut man the death penalty for a deadly home invasion rested their case Monday as a judge refused to dismiss the only remaining alternate juror over an embarrassing romantic note. The sentencing defense for Steven Hayes ended after nine days of testimony and about a dozen witnesses. Prosecutors plan to call a few witnesses Tuesday before closing arguments Thursday and then jury instructions and deliberations to determine whether Hayes should get the death penalty or life in prison. Connecticut State Police / AP ...
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