Petit Family Murders in CT-2007 SOLVED-Death Sentence for both men.

[Blonde]

Conn. home invasion defendant read violent books
By: JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN (AP) | Posted: Monday, March 14, 2011 11:35 am | 8 comments

A man facing trial for a home invasion in which a mother was strangled and her two daughters were killed in a fire says his co-defendant read books in prison before the crime depicting violent murders and the burning of victims. ::snipping2::


http://www.myrecordjournal.com/ap_state_news/article_f5d33370-5f21-5560-bb7b-1d9fedc828cb.html

[Blonde]

Komisarjevsky Jury Selection Begins Wednesday
Jury Selection Expected To Take Months

POSTED: 5:11 am EDT March 16, 2011
UPDATED: 8:25 am EDT March 16, 2011

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The trial is set to begin for a second Connecticut man accused of killing a mother and her two daughters in a brutal home invasion.

The trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky is scheduled to start Wednesday with jury selection in New Haven Superior Court. That process is expected to take months as prospective jurors are questioned by prosecutors and defense attorneys.

 ::snipping2::
http://www.wfsb.com/news/27210678/detail.html

[Blonde]

No Jurors Selected In Home Invasion Trial

NEW HAVEN- The first day of jury selection in Joshua Komisarjevsky's trial comes up empty.

http://www.wfsb.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4589243

[Sister]

No Jurors Selected In Home Invasion Trial

NEW HAVEN- The first day of jury selection in Joshua Komisarjevsky's trial comes up empty.

http://www.wfsb.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4589243

The POS may have gotten a haircut, but it doesn't change what he is . . . pure evil!

[cookie]

No Jurors Selected In Home Invasion Trial

NEW HAVEN- The first day of jury selection in Joshua Komisarjevsky's trial comes up empty.

http://www.wfsb.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4589243

The POS may have gotten a haircut, but it doesn't change what he is . . . pure evil!

exactly!

[Sister]

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http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=JHMP

For the husband of Jennifer Hawke-Petit
father of Hayley and Michaela

"Forgiving the essence of evil is not appropriate."

[Blonde]

Judge Won't Allow Plea Deal for 2nd Cheshire Suspect
Case Has 3rd Juror
NEW HAVEN — A Superior Court judge Wednesday denied a motion to allow Joshua Komisarjevsky to plead guilty to the 2007 Cheshire home-invasion slayings in exchange for escaping the death penalty.

Defense lawyers had asked the court to allow the plea deal — a guilty plea in return for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of release. But Judge Roland D. Fasano on Wednesday issued a ruling saying that, "even assuming the court had the power to do so," it was "not inclined" to grant the defense request. The motion was denied. ::snipping2::

http://www.courant.com/community/new-haven/hc-komisarjevsky-witnesses-0323-20110323,0,5979745.story

[Blonde]

Anxiety Evident In Jury Selection For Cheshire Case

By ALAINE GRIFFIN, agriffin@courant.com The Hartford Courant

8:49 p.m. EDT, April 23, 2011
hc-komisarjevsky-jury-selection-20110423
NEW HAVEN ——

Inside a windowless courtroom on the sixth floor of the Superior Court, a panel of about 45 prospective jurors appeared agitated.

Some looked somber, others seemed angry. Some were in tears.

Hundreds of jurors have come to Courtroom 6A since March 16 to learn they could be deciding the fate of Joshua Komisarjevsky, one of the men accused in the brutal torture killings of a Cheshire private-school nurse and her two talented, civic-minded daughters.
 ::snipping2::

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-komisarjevsky-jury-selection-20110423,0,3749457.story

[trimmonthelake]

http://articles.courant.com/2011-08-22/community/hc-cheshire-home-invasion-0823-20110822_1_petit-joshua-komisarjevsky-hayes-trial
Judge OKs Petit's Presence During Komisarjevsky's Trial
Lone Survivor Of Cheshire Home Invasions Can Be Cross-Examined, Judge Says
August 22, 2011|By JOSH KOVNER, jkovner@courant.com, The Hartford Courant
Defense attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky lost their bid Monday to keep Dr. William Petit Jr., the lone survivor of the 2007 Cheshire home invasion killings, out of the courtroom during their client's upcoming trial.

Last month the defense filed papers asking Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue to bar Petit from Komisarjevsky's trial, arguing that he was not a "victim" but a "complaining witness" and that at the trial of Stephen Hayes, the first man tried in the slayings, Petit had "demonstrated a propensity to shape his testimony."

Defense attorney Todd Bussert argued Monday that Petit's testimony had been "materially affected" by hearing the testimony of other witnesses.

Bussert also said that the defense was concerned that Petit would comment on Komisarjevsky's lengthy tape-recorded confession, if he were permitted to hear it in court.

The judge agreed with New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington's argument that the defense would have ample opportunity to cross-examine Petit on any claimed inconsistencies in his testimony, including any variance from what Petit previously told police.
 ::snipping2::

[cookie]

The criminal always thinks that they deserve more consideration than the victims. 

[Blonde]

Invasion suspect's attorneys say Komisarjevsky was sleep deprived when questioned by police

 Published: Thursday, August 25, 2011; Last Updated: Thu. Aug 25, 2011, 2:04am



 NEW HAVEN — Joshua Komisarjevsky’s attorneys claimed in a memorandum filed today he was so exhausted when he gave his statement to Cheshire police about the Petit family triple homicide that he was “sleep deprived,” which the attorneys noted is a technique used by the CIA in interrogating terrorist suspects.

 The argument was made in an effort to convince Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue that Komisarjevsky’s lengthy statement should not be shown to the jury when his trial begins Sept. 19.

 Blue is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the issue Friday. ::snipping2::

http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2011/08/25/news/doc4e55e78595f5a452601739.txt?viewmode=2

[Blonde]

Komisarjevsky shifts blame to Hayes for deaths of home invasion victims

 Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:24 am


 NEW HAVEN - An ex-con awaiting trial on charges of killing a woman and her two daughters during a 2007 Cheshire home invasion told police after his arrest that he tied up the victims and molested the 11-year-old, but he blamed his co-defendant for turning a home robbery into a triple murder.

 In a chilling 2007 statement to police obtained this week by The Associated Press, Joshua Komisarjevsky calls the crime "home invading gone terribly wrong" and insists he never intended to kill the family. He claims his co-defendant, Steven Hayes, came up with the idea of killing the family because he was worried the pair would leave behind evidence. He says Hayes doused the house in gasoline and lit the match that engulfed the home in flames, which caused the girls' smoke inhalation deaths. ::snipping2::


http://www.myrecordjournal.com/cheshire/article_98da692a-cf2e-11e0-82d1-001cc4c002e0.html

[Sister]

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http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=JHMP

For the husband of Jennifer Hawke-Petit
father of Hayley and Michaela

"Forgiving the essence of evil is not appropriate."

[trimmonthelake]

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http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=JHMP

For the husband of Jennifer Hawke-Petit
father of Hayley and Michaela

"Forgiving the essence of evil is not appropriate."

Agreed.

[trimmonthelake]

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_for_co-defendant_in_conn._home_invasion_case_tries_scorched-earth_ap/
Criminal Justice
Lawyer for Co-Defendant in Conn. Home Invasion Case Tries ‘Scorched-Earth’ Approach
Posted Aug 30, 2011 11:49 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss

[Sister]

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_for_co-defendant_in_conn._home_invasion_case_tries_scorched-earth_ap/
Criminal Justice
Lawyer for Co-Defendant in Conn. Home Invasion Case Tries ‘Scorched-Earth’ Approach
Posted Aug 30, 2011 11:49 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss

This is why I decided years ago not to become an attorney.
I am grateful to all attorneys who are ethical and honorable.

[KittyMom]

Is there a live feed for this trial?  I'm not sure I could stand to watch it, but I'm curious if there is a feed.  I feel so sorry for Dr. Petit.  I can't help but think that he should be given time alone in a room with these men. 

[Sister]

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=JHMP

For the husband of Jennifer Hawke-Petit
father of Hayley and Michaela

"Forgiving the essence of evil is not appropriate."

[Blonde]

Judge Rejects Motion To Sequester Komisarjevsky Jury
Defense Lawyers Cited Intense Media Coverage In Upcoming Trial

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By ALAINE GRIFFIN, agriffin@courant.com The Hartford Courant

2:43 p.m. EDT, September 12, 2011
NEW HAVEN—

A Superior Court judge today rejected a motion to sequester the jury seated for the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, which is scheduled to begin Monday.

Komisarjevsky, 30, of Cheshire, faces the death penalty if convicted of the slayings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, during a home invasion at their Cheshire home in July 2007. ::snipping2::


Komisarjevsky's attorneys had argued that the jury needed to be sequestered during the trial and penalty phase because "media coverage of this case is such that, no matter how well intentioned the jurors, it will be nearly impossible to avoid exposure to information that might deprive Mr. Komisarjevsky of his right to a fair trial with due process and an impartial jury." ::snipping2::

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-komisarjevsky-jury-0913-20110912,0,4451861.story

[Blonde]

Komisarjevsky will appear in court Tuesday where he is expected to plead not guilty to an amended information containing the charges against him. The new information will outline the state's theory regarding the 17 murder counts Komisarjevsky faces and whether he is a principal or accessory in the crimes.