it seems hayes' defense may have convinced a few jurors that hayes was a dupe and a dope, not quite as evil as the other criminal mastermind. what is wrong with the fucking imbeciles? if ever a case screamed for death, this is it.
i hope they come back today one way or another for Dr. Petit's sake. and the entire family of course. just let it be over. the poor man has to go through this torture again in 2011.
added later: NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- After three days of deliberating, there was still no verdict as jurors adjourned for the day Sunday in the penalty phase of the Steven Hayes trial.
Jurors adjourned for the day just after 4 p.m.
good, i was beginning to worry about the jury. judge has to impose sentence.
NY TIMES:
NEW HAVEN — A jury in Connecticut voted on Monday to impose the death penalty for a long-time criminal convicted for his role in a home invasion in Cheshire, Conn., that left a mother and her two daughters dead. The panel had deliberated just more than three full days.
The jurors stood in the jury box, some looking drawn, as the clerk of the court read through the long verdict form they had filled out. Some members of the victims’ family rested their heads on the benches in front of them. The defendant, Steven J. Hayes, sat motionless at the defense table.
All the jurors somberly answered "yes" when the clerk asked if they all agreed that that was their verdict. One wiped tears from her eyes.
The jury found that all six of the felony counts of which Mr. Hayes had been convicted required that he face the death penalty.
(11-08-2010, 01:01 PM)Carsman Wrote: It had to be death, no other finding would have been justice!
Now it starts all over again with Komisarjevsky!!
he will offer to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. i am pretty sure the DA won't accept that! i am only sorry Dr. Petit and family have to endure another visit to hell.
maybe he'll do the right thing and off himself.
Outside court, Dr.Petit called the decision "appropriate and just."
"I thank the jury for doing their job," he said, adding later "I think in a civilized society people need to be held responsible for their actions ... especially when they're viciously violent."
Petit grew emotional when asked his reaction upon hearing the verdict.
"I was really crying for loss," he said, pausing briefly to regain composure. "... Probably many of you have kids. Michaela was an 11-year-old girl -- tortured and killed in her own bedroom, surrounded by stuffed animals. And Hayley had a great future and was a strong and tremendous person."
He also lamented the loss left by wife Jennifer, who helped out at children's hospitals in the region.
"I was really thinking of the tremendous loss," he said, calling it "a huge void in my life and in our family and friends' lives."
This was just a horrible case. I am so glad the jury returned with a death sentence. As someone above said, there is nothing else that would have been satisfactory.
(CNN) -- Jurors who convicted a man of three murders in a 2007 Connecticut home invasion and recommended he be put to death for his crimes said Tuesday that serving on the case changed their lives -- and took an emotional and sometimes physical toll.
"This has strengthened my faith," Paula Calzetta told In Session on the truTV network. "We all came together. It was amazing, how it worked out, and we came to the right decision. I know that this is, for me, God's plan, and I think I'm honored to be a part of that."
The brutality of the case sent shock waves through Connecticut and beyond. Calzetta and juror Maico Cardona said they were haunted by pictures they viewed -- especially pictures of the Petit daughters.
"I have a 10-year-old daughter at home," Cardona said. "... Michaela was the one factor, for me, that I could not get over." He said he was plagued by a recurring nightmare in which an 11-year-old girl was "screaming for my help, and I'm not able to help her."
"That is burned in my memory, those pictures of those girls," Calzetta said.
She said during the trial, "I thought I was doing really well. And we gave our guilty verdict, and I went home and just collapsed. I was sick for a week and a half." She said she focused on taking care of herself during the penalty phase. "It takes a toll on your body you don't even realize," she said.
Both jurors said it was hard not being able to talk about the case with their families or even each other during the trial. And they said they were struck by the fact that Hayes remained stoic and showed no remorse.
"He's an empty shell ... hollow eyes and an empty shell," Calzetta said. But she said she was able to view Hayes more as a human being after his defense attorneys moved him closer to the jury. "That really affected me," she said. "I had never seen him that close."
Both said the jury took the case and their responsibility very seriously. But both maintained that Hayes should never again walk free.
Cardona said it was important to him that Hayes receive the death penalty because "I knew that he would be in a cell by himself, secluded ... that's what he hated." If jurors had recommended Hayes be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, "he would have been in general population," Cardona said. "That's what he liked. That's what he was used to."
Cardona said he had difficulty viewing Hayes as a person and not just a perpetrator, but maintained that everyone deserves a fair trial -- and that Hayes got one.
Those outside the jury room wondered why jurors took their time to decide on the death penalty, the two said -- their verdict came on the fourth day of deliberation. But "we wanted to make sure everybody was comfortable with the decision," Cardona said.
"This is a huge deal," Calzetta said. "Everybody needed their own time."
"I have a very spiritual background, and I thought that this would be the only opportunity for this man to ever make peace with his Supreme Being, if he even has one," or to accept responsibility, Calzetta said. She felt the death penalty was necessary for Hayes to accept responsibility or experience remorse.
Both jurors said they did not buy the defense's claim that Hayes was merely a follower and Komisarjevsky the ringleader of the crime, saying that Hayes had plenty of opportunities to make different choices, to stop or to leave, and did not. "Calling him a follower is just too easy," Calzetta said. "He's a man, and he made his choices. Unfortunately, they were the wrong ones. ... He needs to be accountable."
Cordona said he did not believe testimony that Komisarjevsky triggered Hayes' rage by telling him, when he returned from the bank with Hawke-Petit, that the girls were dead. A police officer who interviewed Hayes just after his arrest testified that Hayes told him he saw Michaela upon his return and saw that she had changed clothes, Cardona pointed out.
Asked about whether they were overcome by emotion at times, Calzetta said, "Oh, several times. I don't think any of us expected it when it did overcome us."
Looking at the bank video of Hawke-Petit was particularly hard, she said, as jurors knew the woman was being brave and doing what she felt she had to do to save her family. "She had no idea what she was walking into," Calzetta said. "No one could have known. And all three of those girls were, I think, very brave in their final moments. They didn't deserve this."
"It was a very emotional case and a very emotional two months," Cardona said.
But he praised the other jurors for following the letter of the law and conducting civilized deliberations. "There was never a shouting match," he said. "There was never insults."
Both said they felt privileged to have served alongside the others. "We worked extremely hard," Cardona said.
Jurors also praised the Petit family, saying they spoke to William Petit and others after the trial. "It was so wonderful to hug these people," Calzetta said, "and they treated us like family, and we feel almost like family because we've seen such intimate things of their life and lived some things with them, and they are the most wonderful people that I think I've come across in a long time."
Cardona said he was struck by the Petit family telling jurors they were sorry the panel had to go through such an experience. "This family is so dignified, gracious, classy," he said. William Petit "held his head high throughout this entire case," he said. "... He was an inspiration to all of us."
The Petit family had said they were praying for the jurors. "It's amazing to me that in the midst of their horror and grief they are so generous to think about praying for us, there in the midst of this horror. It's heartwarming," Calzetta said. "... I can't even put it to words."
Calzetta said she plans to attend Komisarjevsky's trial because she wants to support the Petit family.
They acknowledged that it is likely their lives will never be the same. Cardona said he thought he would be all right because he's seen movies and television, but he found it's different when something actually took place.
"You want to feel safe in your home," he said, but "... there's more people like this out there."
(11-09-2010, 09:10 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: it will be many years before hayes is executed, if ever.
when joshua komisarjevsky's trial begins i'll continue in this thread [b]since the evidence (photos, witnesses, etc.) will be exactly the same. [/b]
They can & ought to save the taxpayers money, as komisarjevsky's outcome will be the same. So why not just say guilty, and render the death sentence! Short & sweet! The End!
Carsman: Loves Living Large Home is where you're treated the best, but complain the most! Life is short, make the most of it, get outta here!
a CNN report here. and a program that will air this weekend.
This story is based on interviews by "Anderson Cooper 360" reporter Randi Kaye. Her special report, "Pure Evil: Nightmare in Connecticut," will air at 10 p.m. ET Saturday, November 13, and 10:30 p.m. ET Sunday, November 14.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS/WFSB) Several jurors who condemned Steven Hayes to death for his role in the 2007 Cheshire home invasion were in attendance for his sentencing on Wednesday, saying they wanted to see the process through.
New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue pronounced Steven Hayes' sentence Thursday morning, sentencing him to death.
Hayes was convicted in the 2007 killings of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, 17-year-old Hayley and 11-year-old Michaela.
According to CBS affiliate WFSB, the courtroom was packed for Hayes' sentencing, and four jurors, who were not required to attend, were in attendance.
Juror Paula Calzetta says she showed because she wanted to follow through to the very end.
Joel Zemke, the foreman for the trial phase, says he feels he's part of "something bigger."
Some jurors said they took advantage of counseling offered after sitting through the gruesome trial.
Ian Cassell, the foreman for the penalty phase, says the counseling helped him deal with the aftereffects.
A video made by Jennifer Hawke-Petit's sister, Cynthia Renn, was played in the courtroom on Wednesday. Hayes, his arms and legs shackled, watched the video.
Is he not allowed to waive any appeals made on his behalf?
yes, and then some ACLU or anti-death-penalty lawyer will file motions to say that means he's not sane and cannot be executed. it will go on for years. maybe he'll hang himself. he's tried before.
nomatter what, he will have a lousy miserable life on death row.
I stand before the court, a convicted murderer, condemned to death, a place I never imagined I would be, but rightly deserve. Words can never express what I feel for what I have done. Apologizing will not bring this family back, but I am deeply sorry for what I have done, and the pain I have caused. People will say I am sorry because I got caught, this is not true, I am sorry for my actions and the pain and suffering they have caused.
My actions have hurt so many people, affected so many lives, and caused so much pain, for those involved either directly or indirectly. My actions of that night were my own, I take full responsibility for what I have done, I will not offend anyone by minimizing my actions.
I stand before the court as Steven Hayes, convicted murderer; this is not the real Steven Hayes. I was a drug addict, a petty thief, and a person who could not find his way in life. Never would I have imagined committing crimes like these.
Although I am a son, a brother, and a father, I was never good at any of them. I was never there for anyone, I was only there for drugs, and even though I was not high when I committed these crimes, drugs were the driving force. Any money I would have taken would have gone for drugs.
No matter what the motivation was for this crime, I had no right to be there. I destroyed innocent lives and took away a family - a family of very very good people.
I know what I did, I live with it, I make no excuses, but this was not the real me. This was an angry monster I have never known, a monster so full of rage, it was impossible to control.
Again, I make no excuses for my actions. Many in my life have tried to help me with my problems, but I was too busy worrying about where I was going to get money for drugs to accept any help. I was an out of control train destined to crash. The crash I wanted was my own death, not the death of others. On too many occasions to count, I have attempted to kill myself; car crashes, drug overdoses, and other attempts always failed. I really wish they had worked before July 23, 2007.
Since I was arrested I have tried, through my lawyers, to accept responsibility for my actions. I did not want anyone to go through the additional pain and suffering this trial has produced.
I am tormented and have nightmares about what happened in that house. I often times looked at Dr. Petit and became sick to my stomach knowing what he has been through and what he continues to go through to this day. There is not a moment that goes by that this does not weigh on my mind, especially since he suffers due to my actions. My suffering is meaningless compared to that of Dr. Petit. Death for me will be a welcome relief, and I hope it will bring some peace and comfort to those who I have hurt so much.
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