Petit Family murders. trial coverage, warning! graphic evidence photos.

[Lady Cop]

new photos of Dr. Petit at link... i am truly happy for him

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...hters.html

[Lady Cop]

one more slap in the face after going through 2 horrible trials:

(CNN) -- The Connecticut Senate voted 20-16 early Thursday morning on a bill that would do away with the death penalty and make the state the fifth in five years to abolish capital punishment. The bill now goes to the House of Representatives, where it is also expected to pass.

Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, has vowed to sign the measure into law should it reach his desk, his office said.

"For everyone, it's a vote of conscience," said Senate President Donald Williams Jr., a Democrat who says he's long supported a repeal. "We have a majority of legislators in Connecticut in favor of this so that the energies of our criminal justice system can be focused in a more appropriate manner."

In 2009, state lawmakers in both houses tried to pass a similar bill, but were ultimately blocked by then-Gov. Jodi Rell, a Republican.

In the last five years, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Illinois have repealed capital punishment, with California voters expected to take up the measure in November.

The death penalty has also been abolished in the District of Columbia and 12 other states: Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Capital punishment has existed in Connecticut since its colonial days. But the state was forced to review its death penalty laws beginning in 1972 when a Supreme Court decision required greater consistency in its application. A moratorium was then imposed until a 1976 court decision upheld the constitutionality of capital punishment.

Since then, Connecticut juries have handed down 15 death sentences. Of those, only one person has actually been executed, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonpartisan group that studies death penalty laws.

Michael Ross, a convicted serial killer, was put to death by lethal injection in 2005 after giving up his appeals.

"It's not a question of whether it's morally wrong, it's just that it isn't working," said Richard Dieter, the group's executive director. "I think when you hear of 15 to 20 years of uncertain appeals, that's not closure and that's not justice. It's a slow, grinding process."

Eleven people are currently on death row in Connecticut, including Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, who both were sentenced for their roles in the 2007 murders of the Petit family in Cheshire, Connecticut.

The high-profile case drew national attention and sparked conversations about home security and capital punishment.

Dr. William Petit, the sole survivor in that attack, has remained a staunch critic of repeal efforts.

"We believe in the death penalty because we believe it is really the only true, just punishment for certain heinous and depraved murders," Petit told CNN affiliate WFSB.


The proposal to repeal the death penalty is 'prospective', meaning the 11 men currently on Connecticut's Death Row would still face execution.

Several legal experts have said that despite the 'prospective' wording, defense attorneys for current Death Row inmates could use the repeal measure to win life sentences for their clients.

[ZEROSPHERES]

one more slap in the face after going through 2 horrible trials:

(CNN) -- The Connecticut Senate ....do away with the death penalty. "For everyone, it's a vote of conscience,".....The proposal to repeal the death penalty is 'prospective', meaning the 11 men currently on Connecticut's Death Row would still face execution.

[b]If it's a 'vote of conscience' I see a viable argument in the courts for commutation of all existing Death Sentences to life without parole.

[Kip]

I'm in California. I'm for the death penalty, but I don't see the point of having it if we're not using it. CA has 700+ inmates on death row. In the last 30 years, there have been about 13 executions. I bet if these 700 inmates had been in the general population rather than on Death Row, more than 13 of that group of 700 would have died from inmate-on-inmate violence. San Quentin is overcrowded, but if you're on death row, you get a largish single cell, better access to phones.

[gatorfankim]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47431912/ns/...7Kqr-jpHTo

Stupid Fucker!!!

[Kip]

God, the slime can't even pretend he's remorseful.

[Jimbone]

Maybe he can gain another 40 lbs and develop early onset diabetes and heart disease. That's the only way he dies early on death row in CT.

[Lady Cop]

every happiness Dr. Petit!







The lone survivor of the brutal Connecticut home invasion that left his wife and two daughters dead has remarried five years after the horrific attack.

Dr. William Petit, 55, wed photographer Christine Paluf, 34, on Sunday in West Hartford, Connecticut surrounded by around 300 friends and family.

[Duchess]

That's wonderful to read, LC! He deserves much happiness.

[nrkerr]

Dr. William Petit Remarries Five Years After Family Tragedy

The Connecticut doctor who lost his wife and children in a brutal home invasion five years ago married his fiancée Sunday in an emotion-filled day that included his late wife's family, who has given the couple their blessing.

Dr. William Petit, Jr., 55, and freelance photographer Christine Paluf, 35, said their vows before about 300 guests in the chapel at the Holy Family Passionist Monastery and Retreat Center in West Hartford, Conn., according to his spokesman, Rick Healey.

Father David Cinquegrani presided over the Mass at their wedding. Paluf, a freelance photographer, wore an ivory lace gown by Modern Trousseau, a Connecticut-based designer. Her father, Robert Paluf, gave her away. A reception followed at The Riverview in Simsbury, Conn.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,...80,00.html


You should look at the picture...they are lovely. (For some stupid reason, I can never get the picture to post.)

I did comment to the editor that they needed to change Michaela's age to 11.

[Lady Cop]

[Duchess]

I've never been so happy for a complete stranger before.

[nrkerr]

Thanks, Lady Cop!!

[Midwest Spy]

In all honesty, I'm not 'happy' for him.

I'm not trying to be a jerk either.

Something about it just doesn't sit well with me.

[Duchess]

I'm not trying to be a jerk either.

You fooled me, damnit!

[Midwest Spy]

Maybe men and women look at it a little differently.

Here's this man who 'allowed' his family to be raped and murdered but somehow was able to save himself. According to testimony he fled while mom was either being raped or about to be raped. Girls were still alive.

Like I said, hard for me to be happy for him now that he saved himself and moved on.

[Duchess]

Here's this man who 'allowed' his family to be raped and murdered

I'd really fuckin' love to see you go through something similar...not kidding.

You're a despicable piece of work, one of the most undeserving people I've ever encountered.

[Midwest Spy]

Here's this man who 'allowed' his family to be raped and murdered

I'd really fuckin' love to see you go through something similar...not kidding.

You're a despicable piece of work, one of the most undeserving people I've ever encountered.

You know him personally?

You call me despicable yet are 'happy' for someone like him?

Is it cuz I don't smoke pot?

[Lady Cop]

when he got out of the house he had been smashed in the head with a baseball bat. he crawled out to get to a neighbor and call for help. he was in no shape or position to go to the rescue, he likely had a concussion. he tried to get help.

his deceased wife's family not only blessed this marriage, but said they hoped the couple has children.
their opinion and love for Dr. Petit is good enough for me.

[Duchess]

Is it cuz I don't smoke pot?

What the hell does pot have to do with anything? Trying to slam me because I readily admit to smoking it? Pfft. That won't fly with me.

You're nothing more than a bimbo with a dick, MS, hardly a person of caliber.