GUILTY CT - Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, & 2 daughters killed in home invasion, 23 July 2007
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Proud of this jury. It had to be a very difficult and emotional process. They took their job seriously and deliberated carefully. Unlike "12" other jurors I can think of. I believe this Jury and the Hayes Jurors did the right thing. God Bless them. I'm sure this has changed them. My heart goes out to the Petit Family as they move forward in life.
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BBM. Agreed. It gives me hope in the jury system. The judicial system can and does work, but it's entirely dependent on the jurors selected to uphold it. I'm relieved to see a jury is capable of deliberating more than 11 hours on an important matter and took the time to actually review evidence and follow the jury instructions given to them. We didn't see that happen in Orlando but I'm glad Dr. Petit didn't receive the same disappointing result that occurred in Caylee's murder.
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Please don't read extra into the post. By animals, I'm sure all knew what I was saying. I normally would not respond to this type of post but since I lost a pet this week....I bothered.
Good day
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My condolences on your loss. I know first-hand how hard that is. I didn't mean for you to take it personally...when I say those 2 aren't good enough to even be in the same room as our pets, well that I do stand by, because I know it's true. Peace.
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It's all good Mad. Nice to meet you.
I know we all are discouraged and teed off at these monsters. I been following their case here and at my other board and it breaks my heart everytime I read about The Petit Family.. This crime is one of the most
henious ones I have ever read about.
Take care
Goz/L.
I know we all are discouraged and teed off at these monsters. I been following their case here and at my other board and it breaks my heart everytime I read about The Petit Family.. This crime is one of the most
henious ones I have ever read about.
Take care
Goz/L.
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http://www.pattisblog.com/index.php?article=Justice_In_Cheshire_Well_Not_So_Fast__4575&limit=2
another great blog in my opinion,
another great blog in my opinion,
Conn. home invasion killers close by on death row
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press 2 days ago
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Two men condemned to die for killing a mother and her two daughters in a home invasion will be in the same prison for the first time since the 2007 crime, but their attorneys and experts say they are likely to have little, if any, interaction.
A jury decided Friday that Joshua Komisarjevsky should face death by lethal injection. His accomplice, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death last year.
Hayes and Komisarjevsky blamed each other for escalating the crime, but prosecutors say it took both men to carry out the killings.
"I don't think any interaction between Hayes and Joshua would be pleasant," said Jeremiah Donovan, Komisarjevsky's attorney. "That would be a very unpleasant conversation. Josh harbors a deep bitterness toward Hayes."
Hayes raped and strangled Jennifer Hawke-Petit, while Komisarjevsky sexually assaulted her 11-year-old daughter, Michaela. Michaela and her 17-year-old sister, Hayley, were tied to their beds, were doused in gas and died of smoke inhalation after the house was set on fire.
Komisarjevsky beat the girls' father, Dr. William Petit, with a bat and tied him up. Petit escaped to a neighbor's house to get help.
Connecticut has executed only one man since 1960, and the 31-year-old Komisarjevsky and the 48-year-old Hayes will likely spend years, if not decades, in prison.
Komisarjevsky is in a medical unit, his attorneys said, noting that's standard procedure for a few days after such verdicts to make sure inmates don't harm themselves. He and Hayes will be about five cells from each other, his attorney Walter Bansley said.
Prison officials wouldn't say how close their cells will be at the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, near the Massachusetts border, but a defense attorney who has seen death row said the 11 condemned inmates are kept isolated.
"They might as well be in different states," said attorney Jim Nugent, who represented a death row inmate who challenged conditions unsuccessfully more than a decade ago. "They are going to have zero interaction."
Hayes and Komisarjevsky might catch a glimpse of each other if one is brought past the other's cell to take a shower, Nugent said. Death row inmates in adjacent cells might be able to yell to each other through heat vents, but communication would be difficult because the area is very noisy, he said.
Prison officials would likely keep the pair as far apart as possible, Nugent said. Years ago, death row inmates were allowed to be together in a day room where they could play chess or watch TV, but that practice was eliminated, Nugent said.
Brian Garnett, spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Correction, said death row inmates don't have group activities. He said the only exception is there may be more than one prisoner in separate enclosures in the recreation yard at one time.
Death row is one of several pods that branch off the main hallway at Northern. All inmates there take meals in their cells, where they spend about 22 hours a day.
Death row inmates have a pastoral visit once a week and three one-hour social visits a week, Garnett said last year when Hayes was sentenced to death.
They are allowed two hours of recreation outside their cell six days a week. One hour typically is spent indoors, in an area that houses a law library and the phone. The other is spent alone outside, in a courtyard, inside a cage similar to a dog kennel.
Tom Ullmann, a public defender who represented Hayes, also said any interaction between the pair is unlikely. He said death row inmates are isolated 23 hours per day and he doesn't believe Hayes comes out of his cell except to take a shower.
Hayes' defense portrayed him as remorseful and suicidal after the crime, though prosecutors suggested it was a ploy. Ullmann said he wasn't aware of any further suicide attempts by Hayes since his death sentence.
"I think he's doing pretty badly," Ullmann said. "It's a pretty oppressive existence."
Hayes has been subject to verbal abuse by prison staff, Ullmann said. Garnett declined to comment, citing a court-imposed gag order in the home invasion case.
Still, Ullmann said Hayes and Komisarjevsky, who were paroled burglars at the time of the crime, are safer on death row than in the general population.
"There's no question they'd be killed pretty quickly," Ullmann said. "They're blamed for parole being shut down. They're essentially hated by everybody, inmates and correctional officers alike. Their existence is as oppressive as you could get."
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press 2 days ago
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Two men condemned to die for killing a mother and her two daughters in a home invasion will be in the same prison for the first time since the 2007 crime, but their attorneys and experts say they are likely to have little, if any, interaction.
A jury decided Friday that Joshua Komisarjevsky should face death by lethal injection. His accomplice, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death last year.
Hayes and Komisarjevsky blamed each other for escalating the crime, but prosecutors say it took both men to carry out the killings.
"I don't think any interaction between Hayes and Joshua would be pleasant," said Jeremiah Donovan, Komisarjevsky's attorney. "That would be a very unpleasant conversation. Josh harbors a deep bitterness toward Hayes."
Hayes raped and strangled Jennifer Hawke-Petit, while Komisarjevsky sexually assaulted her 11-year-old daughter, Michaela. Michaela and her 17-year-old sister, Hayley, were tied to their beds, were doused in gas and died of smoke inhalation after the house was set on fire.
Komisarjevsky beat the girls' father, Dr. William Petit, with a bat and tied him up. Petit escaped to a neighbor's house to get help.
Connecticut has executed only one man since 1960, and the 31-year-old Komisarjevsky and the 48-year-old Hayes will likely spend years, if not decades, in prison.
Komisarjevsky is in a medical unit, his attorneys said, noting that's standard procedure for a few days after such verdicts to make sure inmates don't harm themselves. He and Hayes will be about five cells from each other, his attorney Walter Bansley said.
Prison officials wouldn't say how close their cells will be at the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, near the Massachusetts border, but a defense attorney who has seen death row said the 11 condemned inmates are kept isolated.
"They might as well be in different states," said attorney Jim Nugent, who represented a death row inmate who challenged conditions unsuccessfully more than a decade ago. "They are going to have zero interaction."
Hayes and Komisarjevsky might catch a glimpse of each other if one is brought past the other's cell to take a shower, Nugent said. Death row inmates in adjacent cells might be able to yell to each other through heat vents, but communication would be difficult because the area is very noisy, he said.
Prison officials would likely keep the pair as far apart as possible, Nugent said. Years ago, death row inmates were allowed to be together in a day room where they could play chess or watch TV, but that practice was eliminated, Nugent said.
Brian Garnett, spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Correction, said death row inmates don't have group activities. He said the only exception is there may be more than one prisoner in separate enclosures in the recreation yard at one time.
Death row is one of several pods that branch off the main hallway at Northern. All inmates there take meals in their cells, where they spend about 22 hours a day.
Death row inmates have a pastoral visit once a week and three one-hour social visits a week, Garnett said last year when Hayes was sentenced to death.
They are allowed two hours of recreation outside their cell six days a week. One hour typically is spent indoors, in an area that houses a law library and the phone. The other is spent alone outside, in a courtyard, inside a cage similar to a dog kennel.
Tom Ullmann, a public defender who represented Hayes, also said any interaction between the pair is unlikely. He said death row inmates are isolated 23 hours per day and he doesn't believe Hayes comes out of his cell except to take a shower.
Hayes' defense portrayed him as remorseful and suicidal after the crime, though prosecutors suggested it was a ploy. Ullmann said he wasn't aware of any further suicide attempts by Hayes since his death sentence.
"I think he's doing pretty badly," Ullmann said. "It's a pretty oppressive existence."
Hayes has been subject to verbal abuse by prison staff, Ullmann said. Garnett declined to comment, citing a court-imposed gag order in the home invasion case.
Still, Ullmann said Hayes and Komisarjevsky, who were paroled burglars at the time of the crime, are safer on death row than in the general population.
"There's no question they'd be killed pretty quickly," Ullmann said. "They're blamed for parole being shut down. They're essentially hated by everybody, inmates and correctional officers alike. Their existence is as oppressive as you could get."
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Retiree Exchanged Letters With Komisarjevsky Before Testimony Began
http://www.courant.com/community/cheshire/hc-komisarjevsky-letters-1213-20111212,0,26341.story
http://www.courant.com/media/acrobat/2011-12/171521680-12112451.PDF
http://www.courant.com/media/acrobat/2011-12/317046260-12112950.PDF
http://www.courant.com/media/acrobat/2011-12/172405680-12112801.PDF
http://www.courant.com/community/cheshire/hc-komisarjevsky-letters-1213-20111212,0,26341.story
http://www.courant.com/media/acrobat/2011-12/171521680-12112451.PDF
http://www.courant.com/media/acrobat/2011-12/317046260-12112950.PDF
http://www.courant.com/media/acrobat/2011-12/172405680-12112801.PDF
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True but at least they will be the fine recipients of that little extra hate from their prisoner buddies for what they did to young girls. Instead of a nice relaxing rest of their lives stay...they will be looking over their shoulders in fear. They should never have another peaceful night's sleep ever again.
JSR
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Good for Dr. Petit. Lord knows he deserves all the happiness he can find after what he's gone through.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20558781,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20558781,00.html
JSR
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How lovely. Jennifer Petit's family is fully supportive of Dr. Petit's engagement.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20559185,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20559185,00.html
http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2012/01/12/news/doc4f0f0b2b8afe7274777431.txt
Komisarjevsky defense team requests new trial (with documents)
Published: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Komisarjevsky defense team requests new trial (with documents)
Published: Thursday, January 12, 2012
http://www.newhavenregister.com/art...oc4f1b952f8f0e4188691459.txt?viewmode=default
JK says he plans to speak at sentencing hearing on the 27th January
JK says he plans to speak at sentencing hearing on the 27th January
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Hmmm, that sounds ominous. I have a hunch we are going to be hearing from JK for a long time.