Connecticut Home Invasion Killer Joshua Komisarjevsky Resentenced To Life Term
A state judge in New Haven resentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky on Tuesday to six consecutive life terms.
A state judge in New Haven resentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky on Tuesday to six consecutive life terms.
Appellate lawyers for Joshua Komisarjevsky are expected to argue Tuesday in New Haven Superior Court that his trial lawyers weren't provided with police phone call recordings crucial to the defense.
Three years after Connecticut abolished the death penalty for any future crimes, the state's high court spared the lives of those who were already on death row when the law took effect, saying it would be unconstitutional to execute them.
Lawyers for Joshua Komisarjevsky asked the Connecticut Supreme Court last week to hold an evidentiary hearing, reverse Komisarjevsky's convictions and order a new trial.
A guard conducting a routine check at the Northern Correction Institution found Steven Hayes unresponsive at 9:35 a.m., authorities said.
Petit's wife and two daughters were killed in a 2007 home invasion in Cheshire.
Steven Hayes, now on death row for the 2007 murders of a Cheshire woman and her two daughters during a home invasion, is speaking out from prison.
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A Connecticut man has been sentenced to death for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror in their suburban home.
A judge has denied a request by convicted murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky for a new trial in the home invasion killings of a woman and her two daughters, saying he received a fair trial.
The jury deliberated over the span of five days before returning the verdict against Joshua Komisarjevsky, who will join his accomplice Steven Hayes on Connecticut's death row.
Jurors are weighing punishment for Joshua Komisarjevsky, who was convicted in October of killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters.
It's the third day of deliberations for a Connecticut jury on whether a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a home invasion should get the death penalty or life in prison.
The jury deliberated about five hours Tuesday and will continue their discussions Wednesday. Judge Jon Blue suggested they could go later in the day.
The defense said Joshua Komisarjevsky was sexually abused between the ages of 4 to 6 by a foster teen his family had taken into the home.
The jury that convicted Komisarjevsky of murder will now decide whether he should be put to death or sentenced to life without parole.
Komisarjevsky was found guilty of all counts against him -- 17 in total -- including aiding the murder of Hawke-Petit and guilty of murdering Hayley and Michaela Petit.
Jurors on Wednesday saw text messages between two men charged with killing a woman and her two young daughters, including one in which one told the other he was "chomping at the bit to get started."
The evidence was presented by prosecutors in the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, who faces a possible death sentence if convicted.
For the first time in four years the public is hearing the voice of Cheshire home invasion suspect Joshua Komisarjevsky. The police confession tapes give a glimpse of what was going on inside his mind back in July 2007.
Dr. William Petit testified in New Haven Superior Court in the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, who faces a possible death sentence if convicted.
The trial of 31-year-old Joshua Komisarjevsky, charged with the killings of a woman and her two daughters during a home invasion in 2007, got off to a contentious start today.
Komisarjevsky's attorneys cited comments Sen. Edith Prague made to an online political newspaper, Ct News Junkie, in which she said Komisarjevsky should be hung by his genitals from a tree.
The offer from Joshua Komisarjevsky came a week before the start of jury selection for his trial that could lead to the death penalty.
The trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky started last week with jury selection, a process that could take months as prospective jurors are questioned by prosecutors and defense attorneys.
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Today will be cold and blustery, with highs only in the 40s. North and west of the city may even see some isolated snow showers.
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Police say 29-year-old Kevin James was arrested Monday night in the death of 3-year-old Denim Brown in East Flatbush.
Today will be cold and blustery, with highs only in the 40s. North and west of the city may even see some isolated snow showers.
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Today will be cold and blustery, with highs only in the 40s. North and west of the city may even see some isolated snow showers.
Sun will mix with clouds today, as it's breezy and much cooler than yesterday. Highs only around 50.
Today will be our last day of spring-like warmth for a while, with temperatures reaching the low 60s.
Highs will be well above average Saturday and could top out in the low 60s - a great day for the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade!
We'll see isolated showers on and off today, while temperatures stay mild with highs in the 60s.
Today will be cold and blustery, with highs only in the 40s. North and west of the city may even see some isolated snow showers.
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Sun will mix with clouds today, as it's breezy and much cooler than yesterday. Highs only around 50.
Rick Pitino on being left out: "We're not going to gripe. We're not gonna say we got screwed. None of that helps."
Today will be our last day of spring-like warmth for a while, with temperatures reaching the low 60s.
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Today will be our last day of spring-like warmth for a while, with temperatures reaching the low 60s.
Highs will be well above average Saturday and could top out in the low 60s - a great day for the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade!
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Players in Long Island's first flat track roller derby league are preparing for the upcoming season, but it could be in jeopardy because of Nassau County's ban on transgender athletes.
There was an explosion of emotions when the Columbia Lions found out they were headed into March Madness for the first time in program history.
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