Burglar guilty of murders

Guilty verdict in horrific home invasion trial
A paroled burglar was convicted Tuesday of killing a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 Home Invasion in an affluent Connecticut town and faces the possibility of being sentenced to death. Steven Hayes, 47, was convicted of capital felony, Murder, Sexual Assault and other counts by a jury that heard eight days of gruesome Testimony about the July 2007 attacks on Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela. More U.S. news

Steven Hayes found guilty in Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion, murders of mom, daughters
Steven Hayes will never be a free man again. After eight days of gruesome Testimony, a Connecticut jury on Tuesday found the 47-year-old paroled burglar guilty of murdering a mother and her two daughters in a horrific, high-profile, 2007 Home Invasion. The jury, which began deliberating on Monday, must now decide whether Hayes should receive the death penalty or spend life behind bars. The slayings took place in the affluent New Haven suburb of Cheshire in the middle of the...

Conn. jury convicts man in deadly home invasion
Steven Hayes, 47, could be sentenced to death. His attorneys have admitted his involvement and will argue for a life sentence. Prosecutors said Hayes and another ex-con broke into the family's house in Cheshire in 2007, beat the girls' father with a Baseball Bat and forced their mother, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, to withdraw money from a bank before she was sexually assaulted and killed. Eleven-year-old Michaela and 17-year-old Hayley were tied to their beds, with pillowcases over their heads,...

Connecticut: Steven Hayes Found Guilty of Capital Murder
© Dr. William Petit Jr Dr. Petit, left, with his daughters Michaela, front, Hayley, center rear, and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit. His wife and two daughters were killed during a Home Invasion in Cheshire, Conn in 2007. Steven Hayes will never be a free man again. After eight days of gruesome Testimony, a Connecticut jury on Tuesday found the 47-year-old paroled burglar guilty of murdering a mother and her two daughters in a horrific, high-profile, 2007 Home Invasion. The jury, which...

US jury convicts man over horror home invasion
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Triple murder case yields convictions
A former parolee was convicted of Capital Crimes on Tuesday for his involvement in nighttime Home Invasion in Cheshire, Conn., three years ago. Stephen J. Hayes was convicted of 16 of the 17 Crimes. He was acquitted of the Arson charge. Testimony showed that Hayes and a friend he had made at a Connecticut halfway house for parolees, Joshua Komisarjevsky, entered the Petit house, beat and restrained the father, Dr. William A. Petit Jr., and raped and strangled of the mother, Jennifer...

Malloy, Foley maneuver around home-invasion verdict
With a televised clash over Capital Punishment likely just a few hours away, Gubernatorial contenders Dan Malloy and Tom Foley maneuvered delicately but differently around Tuesday afternoon's conviction in the Cheshire Home Invasion slayings. Foley cited both Malloy's opposition to Capital Punishment and referred to the July 2007 murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters in reaffirming his support for the death penalty - and implying a Malloy win would spare the Cheshire suspects f...

Jury begins deliberations in Conn. home invasion killings
N EW HAVEN, Conn. — 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 jury in New Haven Superior Court met for about two hours this afternoon after receiving instructions from the judge. The panel will return Tuesday to continue deliberations. Steven Hayes faces 17 charges including capital felony, Murder and Sexual Assault in connection with the deaths of Jennifer...

Breaking: Connecticut Home Invasion, Rape, Murder, Trial: Guilty! - Update: Father Gives Statement
News has just come in that Steven Hayes, one of the pair of animals who committed the Crime, has been found guilty of every count but Arson, as there was technically no way to know exactly who lit it, after the duo had poured all the gas. Come back for more info, as it hasn’t even hit the wires yet…. Update 2, Father’s Statement: NEW HAVEN, Conn. The Connecticut doctor who survived the fatal Home Invasion that killed his wife and two daughters thanked jurors for...

Jury Reaches Verdict in Connecticut Triple Murder Case
Petit family photo via New York Post After less than one day of deliberations, a jury found Steven J. Hayes, the former parolee accused of a brutal Home Invasion in Connecticut that left three dead, guilty on 16 of the 17 counts. Six of those crimes make Hayes eligible for the death penalty. The same jury will begin the penalty phase, which could last a month. Hayes and another parolee, Joshua Komisarjevsky, broke into the Petit family Home in Chesire, beat and restrained the father, Dr....

Judge delays hearing into whether a Texas man was wrongly executed in a disputed arson case
Austin, Texas — A Judge asked to re-examine Arson evidence used to convict a man executed for killing his three daughters postponed a hearing in the case on Wednesday, after prosecutors asked him to step aside. State District Judge Charles Baird delayed the hearing in the Cameron Todd Willingham case until Oct. 14, telling the court he wanted to give an Attorney for Willingham's family time to respond to prosecutors' request to have him removed. In the meantime, Baird may decide to recu...

Child who survived attack that killed 6 in Memphis, Tenn. testifies against uncle at trial
MEMPHIS, TENN. — A boy who was left to die in a bathtub with a knife sticking out of his skull testified Wednesday that his uncle was the one who attacked him in a rampage that left six people dead, including his parents and two siblings. Cecil Dotson Jr., now 11, was stabbed in the neck and head during the March 2008 massacre. When prosecutor Reggie Henderson asked where the man was who stabbed him, the boy pointed to his "Uncle Junior," defendant Jessie Dotson, and softly said, "Right...

Petit Family Murderer Found Guilty on 16 Out of 17 Crimes
The New York Times reports that Steven J. Hayes has been convicted of 16 of the 17 Crimes that were brought on by the killer who invaded a home in Connecticut and murdered a wife and two daughters. Only taking the jury less than one full day to deliberate, Hayes, who has a long history as a petty criminal, was convicted of the Capital Crimes that make him eligible for the death penalty. The same jury will now embark upon another trial to determine whether or not Hayes will get the death...

Deliberations May Begin Monday In Cheshire Invasion Trial
NEW HAVEN, CT (CBS 2) — A Connecticut jury may begin deliberations Monday afternoon in the Home Invasion trial of Steven Hayes. Hayes and an accomplice were charged with killing Dr. William Petit’s wife and two daughters and burning down the family Home in Cheshire back in 2007. They were also facing Rape charges. Petit was beaten and tied-up in the basement, but escaped. Hayes could face the death penalty if convicted. His co-defendant was scheduled for trial next year.

Annals of American Injustice
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the question on whether prosecutors can be liable if they violate the Constitutional Rights of the accused. The background of the case is, in addition, very instructive about the functioning of the death penalty, even before we get to the fact that the DA intentionally withheld exculpatory evidence: In John Thompson’s case, there was no physical evidence linking him to the crimethe brutal Robbery and Murder of an unarmed New Orleans...

Foley: Dan seems angry. Malloy: He started it
One of them is going to be elected Governor, but neither Dan Malloy nor Tom Foley is likely to score a dinner invite from Tuesday's televised hour of caustic asides, withering ripostes and cross-talk. Foley made a fortune in business. Malloy presided for 14 years over Connecticut's only large city that has a triple-A bond rating. But each belittled the other as utterly unqualified and untruthful throughout a debate on the Bushnell stage in Hartford. And they get to do it again at 9 a.m. Wednes...

Jury begins deliberation in Connecticut home invasion case
Jurors began deliberations Monday in the trial of Steven Hayes, the man accused of killing three members of a Connecticut family in a 2007 Home Invasion. Hayes, 47, who has pleaded Not Guilty, is on trial in New Haven, Connecticut, for the Murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters. The killings took place in the New Haven suburb of Cheshire early July 23, 2007. The Home of William Petit, his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, and two daughters was invaded in the middle of the night by...

Man Convicted in Deadly Conn. Home Invasion
A paroled burglar was convicted Tuesday of murdering a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in which the mother was strangled and the girls tied to their beds, one doused in Gasoline, before the house was set on fire. Steven Hayes, 47, could be sentenced to death. His attorneys have admitted his involvement and will argue for a life sentence. Prosecutors said Hayes and another ex-con broke into the family's house in Cheshire in 2007, beat the girls' father with a Baseball Bat and...

Hayes Guilty Of Murder In Cheshire Home Invasion Trial
NEW YORK (CBS/1010 WINS/WCBS 880) - A jury that heard eight days of gruesome Testimony about a Connecticut family’s night of horror has convicted a paroled burglar of killing a mother and her two daughters. PHOTOS: Images Of Petit House Used As EvidenceDuring Trial Steven Hayes, 47,was found guilty Tuesday of Capital felony Murder in the July 2007 deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela. Hayes was found guilty on the...

APNewsBreak: Connecticut will revamp prison library policy over books with graphic violence
Hartford, CONN. — The State Department of Correction is revising its library policy in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that found inmates had unrestricted access to works depicting graphic violence, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, said he met with Correction Commissioner Leo Arnone for an hour Friday after learning that books such as Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood," a literary classic about a 1959 killing in Kansas, were among the Department's...

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State obtains new supply of lethal injection drug
San Francisco — Prison officials have secured a fresh supply of a Lethal Injection drug they ran out of last week that contributed to the cancellation of California's first execution in nearly five years. In a Court filing Wednesday, the State Attorney General's office told U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel it had secured 12 grams of sodium thiopental with an expiration date in 2014. The State called off the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown on Thursday after two significant lega...

Calif. prison officials get supply of lethal injection drug at center of canceled execution
San Francisco — California Prison officials have secured a fresh supply of a Lethal Injection drug they ran out of last week, contributing to cancellation of the State's first execution in nearly five years. In a court filing Wednesday, the State Attorney General's office said it had secured 12 grams of sodium thiopental with a 2014 expiration date. The State called off the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown last Thursday after two significant legal setbacks and expiration of its seven...

State obtains new supply of lethal injection drug
San Francisco — Prison officials have secured a fresh supply of a Lethal Injection drug they ran out of last week that contributed to the cancellation of California's first execution in nearly five years. In a Court filing Wednesday, the State Attorney General's office told U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel it had secured 12 grams of sodium thiopental with an expiration date in 2014. The State called off the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown on Thursday after two significant lega...

Saud Abdulaziz Bin Nasser Al Saud: Bandar Abdulaziz Was Not My Gay Lover
A picture made on February 19, 2010 through a tinted window of a police van shows a man believed to be Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir Bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a Saudi Prince who was arrested at the five-star Landmark Hotel in Marylebone, on suspicion of murdering an assistant arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court, in London. Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir Bin Abdulaziz al Saud, 33, is accused of killing Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz, 32, police said. AFP PHOTO Carl Court (Photo credit should read Carl ...