12-09-2011, 02:42 PM
they didn't begin until after noon.
NEW HAVEN—
Jurors deliberating the fate of Cheshire home invasion killer Joshua Komisarjevsky began their work at 12:30 p.m. Friday, their fifth day behind closed doors. The late start was arranged to allow one of the jurors to attend a business meeting in the morning.
Dr. William Petit Jr., the lone survivor of the deadly 2007 Cheshire home invasion said Thursday afternoon that he wasn't surprised that jurors so far had spent more than 17 hours deliberating over the fate of the man who killed his family without yet reaching a verdict.
"I think we're all just tired and assume the jury is being very careful," Petit said. "It's a complicated verdict form."
A different jury last year spent slightly more than 17 hours before deciding to send Komisarjevsky's accomplice, Steven Hayes, to death row.
NEW HAVEN—
Jurors deliberating the fate of Cheshire home invasion killer Joshua Komisarjevsky began their work at 12:30 p.m. Friday, their fifth day behind closed doors. The late start was arranged to allow one of the jurors to attend a business meeting in the morning.
Dr. William Petit Jr., the lone survivor of the deadly 2007 Cheshire home invasion said Thursday afternoon that he wasn't surprised that jurors so far had spent more than 17 hours deliberating over the fate of the man who killed his family without yet reaching a verdict.
"I think we're all just tired and assume the jury is being very careful," Petit said. "It's a complicated verdict form."
A different jury last year spent slightly more than 17 hours before deciding to send Komisarjevsky's accomplice, Steven Hayes, to death row.