Petit Family -- William, Jennifer, Hayley & Michaela - Father Beaten, Wife & Daughters Murdered 7/23/07

Petit: Komisarjevsky Conviction 'A Relief'

Focus On Michaela 'Difficult'
Defense Attorneys Vow Vigorous Fight To Spare Killer's Life

October 14, 2011
By ALAINE GRIFFIN and JOSH KOVNER

NEW HAVEN — Much of the gruesome testimony that jurors considered to convict Joshua Komisarjevsky Thursday of the deadly 2007 Cheshire home invasion was used in the trial last year of his accomplice,Steven Hayes.

Yet one name seemed to surface more in the second trial:Michaela Petit.

The Superior Court jurors found Komisarjevsky guilty of 17 crimes, but what seemed to stir Dr. William Petit Jr. the most was hearing them convict his family's killer of the rape and murder of his younger daughter.

Pictures: Remembering Cheshire Home Invasion Victims

Shortly afterward, Petit spoke outside the courthouse about a father's anger.

"I just knew the appropriate thing was to let the law take its course, as exceedingly slow and excruciatingly painful as it was, and there was nothing I could do to make that any better by looking like an enraged or crazed father," Petit said.

Read more: http://articles.courant.com/2011-10-14/news/hc-komisarjevsky-verdict-mainbar-10xx-20111012_1_hayley-and-michaela-jennifer-hawke-petit-walter-c-bansley-iii

Komisarjevsky's Prior Crimes At Issue

Judge Delays Start Of Penalty Phase

October 20, 2011|By ALAINE GRIFFIN, agriffin@courant.com, The Hartford Courant


NEW HAVEN — Years before the July 2007 home invasion at the Petit family's house in Cheshire, Joshua Komisarjevsky amassed a long list of crimes, mostly burglaries, that he ended up admitting to when questioned by police.

State officials have said that Komisarjevsky, 31, started burglarizing homes when he was 14 but that most of the crimes occurred during an eight-month spree between July 2001 and February 2002 after he bought night-vision goggles. Prosecutors said he stole more than $20,000 worth of property from his victims.

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http://articles.courant.com/2011-10-20/news/hc-komisarjevsky-1021-20111020_1_penalty-phase-joshua-komisarjevsky-judge-jon-c-blue

Komisarjevsky might address jurors during penalty phase of Cheshire triple murder trial

Published: Friday, October 21, 2011

By RANDALL BEACH
New Haven Register Staff

NEW HAVEN — Joshua Komisarjevsky’s attorneys might have him make some form of unsworn statement to jurors in an effort to save his life during the upcoming penalty phase of the trial.

Komisarjevsky might address the jury, as did Jonathan Mills at the end of his triple homicide trial in 2004. Those jurors, who convicted Mills of murdering Katherine Kleinkauf and her two children, sentenced him to life in prison without parole, rather than the death penalty.

Read more:
http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2011/10/21/news/doc4ea182a5616fa994408205.txt

Conn. Man Says He Was Suicidal Over Home Invasion

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, Conn. November 22, 2011 (AP)

A Connecticut man convicted of killing a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion said the crime got out of control and that he felt so remorseful he was suicidal, a psychiatrist testified Tuesday during the sentencing phase.

Dr. Richard Dudley Jr. testified that Joshua Komisarjevsky (koh-mih-sar-JEV'-skee) told him the situation became increasingly out of control but he didn't know what to do.

"He explained that the victims certainly didn't have to die," Dudley said. "He talked about how bad he felt about that. And he talked about how at the end of it all how suicidal he was."

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/conn-man-suicidal-home-invasion-15006926#.TswQD1ZQCdk



JMO

Girl, 9, Testifies in Bid to Save Her Dad, Home Invasion Killer Joshua Komisarjevsky, From Death Row

By ANNE-MARIE DORNING
Nov. 23, 2011



The 9-year-old daughter of convicted killer Joshua Komisarjevsky testified via videotape today in a bid to save the violent Connecticut home invader from the death penalty.

Jurors in the death penalty phase of Komisarjevsky's trial watched the 20-minute videotape and listened as the girl laughed, and talked about a best friend and how much she loved animals.

She also discussed her father, who she referred to as Josh, not "dad," saying he was a man she used to play with at her grandparents' home. She said he had gone to jail for "something he had done at work."

The girl lived with her grandparents at the time of the 2007 murders. She is not being identified to protect her privacy.

The videotaped testimony was shown over the objection of Komisarjevsky, himself, who addressed the court for the first time during his trial, though his voice was heard previously during a taped confession.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/girl-testifies-save-dad-home-invasion-killer-joshua/story?id=15017721

I believe he should get the death penalty just like Hayes he is just as guilty. They did not give the Petit's any mercy why should they have any, these poor people died an awful cruel death.

Komisarjevsky's only aim now is to avoid death

Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:22 pm
Mary Ellen Godin

NEW HAVEN - Every day for the past month, Joshua Komisarjevsky has sat quietly in Courtroom 6A in New Haven Superior Court as details of his grim life are recanted before a jury that will decide if the 31-year-old convicted killer lives or dies.

Hours of testimony, documents, and photographs are shared in court detailing Komisarjevsky's childhood, teen years and adult life during the penalty phase of his capital felony murder, arson, rape and kidnapping trial.

"The most the defense can hope for is that he doesn't get the death penalty," Quinnipiac law professor William Dunlap said prior to the start of the penalty phase. "This is their last chance."

Read more: http://www.myrecordjournal.com/cheshire/article_e1212aaa-19e5-11e1-84d9-001cc4c002e0.html

Komisarjevsky Trial: Closing Arguments Friday

Jury Faces Complex Process Of Life-Or-Death Decision

By ALAINE GRIFFIN
The Hartford Courant
7:07 p.m. EST, December 1, 2011

NEW HAVEN—
Jurors deciding whether Joshua Komisarjevsky will be sent to death row or to prison for life for the July 2007 killings of a Cheshire woman and her two daughters will hear closing arguments Friday morning at Superior Court.

For weeks, the jury of seven women and five men listened and watched as defense attorneys portrayed the 31-year-old triple murderer as a troubled man struggling with a severe mood disorder since childhood.

That disorder, defense attorneys attempted to show, became worse after Komisarjevsky suffered a series of concussions, took drugs and grew up in a strict religious household with parents unwilling to seek psychiatric care for him following sexual abuse and periods of depression.

Read more: http://www.courant.com/community/cheshire/cheshire-home-invasion/hc-komisarjevsky-1202-20111201,0,5368759.story

This is sad, but he knew right from wrong and I quess he thought he'd get away with it...He thought not about the consequences for his actions...Needless to say more care about the consequences than he does...An eye for an eye is not really a deterrent yet, why should society have to pay for his upkeep when he didn't care about anyone but himself...Sorry if I'm callous...I have no right to judge others, but his guilt is obvious...

Joshua Komisarjevsky Sentenced to Death in Connecticut Home Invasion

By ANNE-MARIE DORNING
Dec. 9, 2011

A Connecticut jury condemned Joshua Komisarjevsky to death today during their fifth day of deliberations.

Komisarjevsky, 31, was found guilty on Oct. 13 of sexually assaulting and killing 11-year-old Michaela Petit and murdering 17-year-old Hayley Petit and Jennifer Hawke-Petit. In all, Komisarjevsky was convicted of six capital offenses.

His accomplice, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death last year. He is currently on Connecticut's death row.

Dr. William Petit, the lone survivor of the 2007 attack, was sitting in the courtroom's front row where he has been throughout the grisly trial. He displayed no emotion other than to put his arm around his sister as the killer of his wife and two daughters repeatedly heard the sentence of death for each of their murders.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/joshua-komisarjevsky-sentenced-death-connecticut-home-invasion/story?id=15097270

I believe the jury gave the right verdict to such a horrible and cruel crime.

I hope they dispense with him quickly...

William Petit's Engagement Gets Blessing from Late Wife's Family

By Nicole Weisensee Egan
Friday January 06, 2012 12:30 PM EST

No one is happier about Dr. William Petit Jr.'s. engagement to photographer Christine Paluf than his late wife's family, Cindy Hawke-Renn, the only sibling of Petit's late wife, tells PEOPLE.

"Mom, Dad and I have said to him since early on, 'We want you to look for love again,' " says Hawke-Renn. "We want you to be happy. We want you to find some happiness and joy. I just can't wait to dance at the wedding."

Read more: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20559185,00.html

Komisarjevsky Asks For A New Trial


January 12, 2012 by John Rook

The defense team for convicted murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky has asked that their client be granted a new trial, according to documents filed with the New Haven Superior Court.

The motion, filed on January 10, asks that Komisarjevsky be granted a new trial of the "guilty-not guilty phase, and, should the court deny this motion, grant him a new trial on the penalty phase of the case."

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http://www.cheshireherald.com/node/5138

Hearing set for home invasion retrial request

Updated 09:12 p.m., Monday, January 16, 2012

NEW HAVEN (AP) - A hearing will be held Wednesday on convicted murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky's request for a new trial in the home invasion killings of a Cheshire woman and her two daughters.

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http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Hearing-set-for-home-invasion-retrial-request-2565610.php

I hope he gets turned down!

I hope so too.

Judge denies Komisarjevsky retrial request

John Christoffersen, Associated Press

Updated 10:11 p.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2012

NEW HAVEN --A judge denied a request Wednesday by convicted murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky for a retrial in the home invasion killings of a woman and her two daughters, saying he received a fair trial.

New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue denied motions for a new trial and that the conviction be overturned.


Read more:
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Judge-denies-Komisarjevsky-retrial-request-2610010.php

Thank God!