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New trial denied for convicted murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky in Connecticut home invasion case
Joshua Komisarjevsky
(Credit: CBS/WSFB)New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue on Wednesday denied motions for a new trial and that Komisarjevsky's conviction be overturned, stating he received a fair trial in the first place.
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Komisarjevsky joined co-defendant Steven Hayes on death row last month for the 2007 killings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters in Cheshire, Conn.
The convicted killer argued the proceedings should have been moved because of the case's notoriety in New Haven and the "emotional effect of a clearly visible Petit posse" at the trial advocating capital punishment.
However, Blue said the victims' family behaved in a dignified manner and the jury was attentive and fair in the trial.
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