Petit Family Murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky Sentenced To Death

Posted on Dec 09, 2011 @ 03:30PM

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Following five days of deliberation, the jury in the penalty phase for Joshua Komisarjevsky finally reached a verdict on Friday and sentenced the triple murderer to death.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Komisarjevsky was found guilty of 17 counts on October 13 for the grisly murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, and the vicious beating of Dr. William Petit in their Cheshire, Connecticut home.

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As the sole survivor in the home invasion, Dr. Petit had been anxiously awaiting the decision in a conference room at the New Haven court with other family members.

"It's not easy," he said before the verdict was announced. "We have a lot of family here. A lot of support."

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Komisarjevsky's accomplice, Steven Hayes, was given the death penalty last December and remains in prison awaiting execution by lethal injection.

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they really are cold sadistic people. I don't know what the right thing to do with them is..but death sounds far too easy.

by minkhamouse
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:03pm

They should just take them both out and shoot them. They get to die humanly while their victims die a horrible death.

by Domino70
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 6:04pm

A single death-penalty trial cost $1.9 million more than a non-death-penalty trial. Since 1978,
the cost to taxpayers for five executions carried out was $37.2 million dollars — each.
Who's winning here?

by 420andlovinit
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 5:47pm

you make a good point...and dying is too good for them. They should live their life in a manner that will make sure they regret their actions.

by minkhamouse
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 9:02pm

Good!! Let the appeals be swift and back up the conviction and sentence. Death is too easy for these men!
May he be gang raped 3 times a day until he is injected!

by suess3100
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 5:46pm

He deserves to be put to death but he needs it right now. It should be done one hour after the sentence. But first, he needs to be castrated.

by CPB916
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 5:18pm

Good, he deserves that sentence for what he did. Too bad he will die of old age before the state of Connecticut puts him to death. A death sentence means nothing in this state, they never do it.

by PopForBreakfast
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 5:03pm

Let's hope his execution date arrives sooner than expected. Connecticut should make it a big surprise, but provide him sufficient time to agonize over his own death.

by pholmes
Posted Fri, 12/09/2011 - 8:21pm