No Jurors Selected Yet In 2nd Cheshire Home Invasion Trial
The judge told attorneys before prospective jurors were brought into New Haven Superior Court that any who cry or panic when they learn the graphic nature of the case would be excused.
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The judge told attorneys before prospective jurors were brought into New Haven Superior Court that any who cry or panic when they learn the graphic nature of the case would be excused.
Attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky argued evidence showed that co-defendant, Steven Hayes, killed Jennifer Hawke Petit and lit the fire that lead to the deaths of her daughters.
Attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky are seeking to have New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue removed from his trial. Another judge will consider the request Tuesday.
The monster that killed a mother and her two daughters in their Connecticut home broke his silence in court on Thursday, moments before he was sentenced to die.
Attorneys for a man condemned to die for a deadly home invasion tried to convince a judge Wednesday that the jury was unduly swayed by emotion, but the judge said the jurors' reactions were natural given the crime's "unimaginable horror.''
Out of concern for the shell-shocked jury, Connecticut's Judicial Branch took the rare step of offering counseling services.
The stage is now set for another death penalty trial in the home invasion murders of a mother and her two children in Connecticut.
Jurors considering whether Steven Hayes should get the death penalty for the deadly 2007 Cheshire home invasion.
A jury will hear from prosecution witnesses before deciding whether a Connecticut man should receive a death sentence for killing a woman and her two daughters during a home invasion.
Lawyers for a Connecticut man convicted of a deadly home invasion are trying to contrast his criminal history with that of his co-defendant in an effort to spare him the death penalty.
A psychiatrist says the Connecticut man convicted in a deadly home invasion told him he wanted to take the stand and encourage a jury to give him the death sentence.
Lawyers for Steven Hayes cited the writings of his co-defendant who described how his "dark shadow was let loose" as he beat Dr. William Petit and terrorized his wife and two daughters.
Quinnipiac University's poll, released Wednesday, found 65 percent of those surveyed support the death penalty. That's up from 61 percent two years ago.
A Connecticut jury has completed its first day of deliberations in the trial of a man charged with killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion.
The lawyer for one of two men charged in a deadly home invasion told a Connecticut jury Friday that the other suspect was responsible for escalating the violence that resulted in the killings of a woman and her two daughters.
Attorneys for Steven Hayes said in court papers that prosecutors failed to prove he intended to cause the deaths of Hayley Petit and her sister Michaela.
Cheshire home invasion defendant Steven Hayes told another inmate he killed Jennifer Hawke-Petit after being pressured to do so by suspect Joshua Komisarjevsky.
A judge ordered the attorney for defendant Joshua Komisarjevskyn to explain why he shouldn't face criminal contempt proceedings for speaking out about the case.
A state forensic scientist says DNA evidence links victims of a fatal 2007 Connecticut home invasion with two men charged in the attack.
Chilling testimony came on Wednesday in Cheshire home invasion murder trial. Pained jurors were forced to endure a grizzly narrative describing details of a brutal crime.
A Cheshire police captain on Wednesday defended the department's July 2007 decision not to enter a house where they had been told a family was being held hostage.
Three years after surviving a horrific home invasion, Dr. William Petit described to a jury, in chilling detail, the night that cost him his entire family.
Steven Hayes could face the possibility of the death penalty if convicted of capital felony charges in the 2007 killings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters.
A judge has ruled that a statement allegedly made to authorities by Steven Hayes can be used as evidence at his trial.
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Friday evening brought yet another round of prolific thunderstorms to the Tri-State Area.
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The potential for severe storms and downpours returns to the Tri-State Area Monday as sweltering temperatures continue.
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