"Shocking Connecticut Home Invasion Trial Begins Second Round "

[CTyankee]

"The brutal crime destroyed a family and left a Connecticut jury in tears. And soon its hellish details will be heard in court again, this time for the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, the second man accused of killing a Connecticut woman and her two teenage daughters in a horrific 2007 home invasion.

"Komisarjevsky, 30, has been charged with killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, in their suburban home in Cheshire, Conn., in July 2007. Last year, Steven Hayes, 47, was convicted in the killings and sentenced to death after an emotionally charged trial. Jurors often cried as the home invasion's sole survivor, Dr. William Petit, told the court how he was beaten bloody with a baseball bat in the basement of his own home as his wife and two daughters were assaulted and then killed upstairs."

Link here: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/16/shocking-connecticut-home-invasion-trial-begins-second-round/?icid=maing|main5|dl3|sec1_lnk3|50299

Here we go again. The first trial last year was on the front page of our newspaper, The New Haven Register, every day. It was horrifying to see Dr. Petit there every day of the trial.What he must have been going through!

The trial of Komisarjevsky has probably set back the move to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut. I wouldn't be surprised to see it put on the back burner until this trial is over...

[AngryOldDem]

1. That poor man.

Having to relive every single detail of that night again. I don't know how he stays sane.

[udbcrzy2]

2. It's going to be very difficult for him and the rest of the family.

Dr. Petit does not want the DA to give Komisarjevsky a plea deal, so he's willing to go through trial again to get some justice.

[CTyankee]

3. I feel that Petit, understandably, wants to see this trial taken to its conclusion.

It has gotten to be his life's goal at this point. He will probably be a formidable opponent to the abolition of the death penalty in CT in the foreseeable future. I can understand that, although I agree that there are very good reasons to abolish it. One good reason is that it costs a lot, with all the appeals and the process. Life in solitary would have to be worse than the death penalty, IMO...