Joshua Komisarjevsky

Jurors: Connecticut man deserves to die for home invasion horror

2011-12-09 16:36:22

<![CDATA[Jurors: Connecticut man deserves to die for home invasion horror]]>

'Most hated' man in America gets death for home invasion horror

2012-01-27 16:37:53

<![CDATA['Most hated' man in America gets death for home invasion horror]]>

Even With Death Wish, Cheshire Killer Won't Be Executed Soon

2012-10-13 19:54:00

Condemned serial killer Michael Ross told a Superior Court judge in September 2004 that he wanted to be executed. In less than eight months, he was dead. Legal experts and attorneys, including one who represented Ross, say such a timeline is unlikely...

Five Years After the Cheshire Home Invasion, A Killer Answers Questions

2012-06-30 07:01:00

While he sat on Connecticut's death row late in 2011, the trial of his accomplice in the Cheshire home invasion killings was underway in a New Haven courtroom. Joshua Komisarjevsky's lawyers were rolling out a no-holds-barred, detailed defense,...

Murderer Steven Hayes Says He Wants To Die

2012-10-11 16:29:40

Steven Hayes, the notorious killer who sits on death row for the 2007 slayings of a Cheshire woman and her two daughters, wants to waive his appeals and proceed to his execution, a path that serial killer Michael Ross took before being put to death in...

Conn. Home Invasion Killer's Elaborate Oyster Suicide Plan

2012-07-02 00:58:00

HARTFORD, CT -- While Steven Hayes sat on Connecticut's death row late in 2011, the trial of his accomplice in the Cheshire home invasion killings was underway in a New Haven courtroom. Joshua Komisarjevsky's lawyers were rolling out a no-holds-barred,...

A Dead Issue: Will CT's Death Row Inmates Die of Old Age?

2012-05-22 08:35:00

Here’s a little life-or-death quiz for you. The 11 guys now on Connecticut’s death row will: A) Never be executed because this state has repealed the death penalty; B) Get juiced because the new law only ends the death penalty for future...

Cheshire Home Invasion Case: Key Dates

2011-12-09 16:18:36

On July 23, 2007, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her children, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, were slain in their Cheshire home. Dr. William Petit Jr. was badly beaten. JULY 23, 2007: Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes are arrested fleeing the Petits'...

Cheshire Invasion Prosecutor Gives Rare Interview About Two Trials

2012-01-24 18:19:00

A soot-covered piece of paper on top of a desk in the Petit family's home office caught the eye of prosecutor Michael Dearington the day he walked through the charred remains of 300 Sorghum Mill Drive in Cheshire. It was a letter announcing an...

Judge Sentences Komisarjevsky To Death

2012-01-27 18:04:00

On the day he was sentenced to execution for the slayings of a mother and her two daughters, Joshua Komisarjevsky kept his finger pointed at his accomplice and insisted he never meant for anyone to die during the July 2007 deadly home invasion in...

Komisarjevsky Motion For New Trial, Acquittal Denied

2012-01-18 11:37:04

A Superior Court judge Wednesday denied motions for a new trial and acquittal for Joshua Komisarjevsky, who was convicted in the 2007 killings of three members of the Petit family in Cheshire. Judge Jon C. Blue ruled that there was no outside influence...

Komisarjevsky Requests New Trial

2012-01-12 07:28:52

Attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky, who was convicted of the triple slayings in the 2007 Cheshire home invasion and sentenced to death, have filed a motion requesting a new trial. The motion filed in Superior Court in New Haven says Komisarjevsky...

Dr. William Petit Jr. arrives at New Haven Superior Court for the sentencing of Joshua Komisarjevsky for the killing of Petit's wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and his two daughters, Hayley and Michaela in July 2007 in the Cheshire home invasion.

2012-01-27 00:00:00

Tashana Milton, of West Haven , (left) and Timothy Anderson, of New Haven , two of the jurors in the Joshua Komisarjevsky trial, talk to reporters outside New Haven Superior Court after Komisarjevsky was sentenced to death for the killing of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, Hayley and

2012-01-27 00:00:00

Defense attorney Jeremiah Donovan talks to reporters outside New Haven Superior Court after his client, Joshua Komisarjevsky , was sentenced to death for the killing of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters, Hayley and Michaela, in July 2007 in the Cheshire home invasion. He expressed sadness

2012-01-27 00:00:00