11-08-2010, 02:58 PM
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."
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"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."