[release]New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- A judge in New Haven sentenced a 31-year-old man to death Friday for his role in a deadly home invasion that killed a woman and her two daughters in 2007.
Jurors convicted Joshua Komisarjevsky in October on six capital felony charges. The 12-member jury had recommended death by lethal injection on each of the counts.
"The task of sentencing another human being to death is the most sober and somber experience a judge can have," said Superior Court Judge Jon Blue.
Komisarjevsky responded Friday, saying that he "came into this trial angry and defiant."
It's a "surreal experience to be condemned to die," he said. "Our apathetic pursuits trampled the innocent."
He said, "I did not rape. I did not pour that gas or light that fire."
"I will never find peace again and my soul is torn," Komisarjevsky added.
The family of his victims left the courtroom before Komisarjevsky spoke.
Richard Hawke, in a victim's statement prior to the sentencing, said the killings of his daughter and granddaughters had left him "half-past dead."
"They offered to give you everything you asked for, you didn't have to take their lives," he told Komisarjevsky. "You will from now on be known as a prison number in the book of death. You are now in God's hands."
The man convicted of being Komisarjevsky's accomplice, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death in 2010. Juries convicted the pair on charges that they beat and tied up Dr. William Petit Jr., raped and strangled his wife, molested one of their daughters and set the house on fire before trying to flee.
Petit is the sole survivor of the attack that killed his wife and two daughters.
"I lost my family and my home," said Petit. "My wife, my friend, my partner. I miss our late night chats and our partnership in raising the girls."
Before assaulting and killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit, Hayes forced her to go to a bank and withdraw $15,000 from an account after finding evidence that the account held between $20,000 and $30,000, authorities said.
The two daughters, who were both tied to their beds, died of smoke inhalation, while William Petit managed to escape from the basement, where he had been held.
Hayes had been charged with third-degree burglary in 2003 and sentenced to five years in prison. He was released three years later to a halfway house, where he met Komisarjevsky.
Komisarjevsky's attorneys had asked for leniency, arguing that he had no prior history of violence, was abused as a child and had been committed to a mental hospital for depression.[/release]
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One of those cases where I genuinely don't know how I feel about the death penalty, though I'm usually against it. What they did was monstrous and terrified the community.
Why you rating me dumb? I'm from CT, 15 min from where this happened, and it genuinely made people terrified to just be in their homes. The men responsible were monsters, and deserve their sentencing.
Good
[QUOTE]The task of sentencing another human being to death is the most sober and somber experience a judge can have[/QUOTE]
Then why the fuck did you still sentence him you hypocrtical idiot
[QUOTE]"You will from now on be known as a prison number in the book of death. You are now in God's hands."[/QUOTE]
Oh, how I wish he was.
Edit:
Also I like how the judge finds no happiness in this sentence. [B][I]Almost[/I][/B] like sentencing people to death [I]isn't an enjoyable thing.[/I]
[quote]"I lost my family and my home," said Petit. "My wife, my friend, my partner. I miss our late night chats and our partnership in raising the girls."[/quote]
Reading this,
[quote]Komisarjevsky's attorneys had asked for leniency, arguing that he had no prior history of violence, was abused as a child and had been committed to a mental hospital for depression.[/quote]
then reading this, I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's a really messed up situation.
[QUOTE=Cone;34418502]Then why the fuck did you still sentence him you hypocrtical idiot[/QUOTE]
Do you have any idea how the law works?
[QUOTE=lulzbocksV2;34418530]Do you have any idea how the law works?[/QUOTE]
Why do you ask? And even if I didn't it still wouldn't make his sentence any better.
Hooray. Now we can waste thousands of dollars on a bloated appeals process instead of just a life sentence without parole.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;34418519]Reading this,
then reading this, I'm not sure how I feel about this. It's a really messed up situation.[/QUOTE]
"Be lenient on me, judge! Sure, I raped and choked a woman to death, raped another, and killed to girls by tying them to their beds, setting fire to their house, and letting them suffocate and burn, but my dad hit me as a child!"
His own abuse and depression doesn't excuse what he did. At all.
[QUOTE=Last or First;34418640]"Be lenient on me, judge! Sure, I raped and choked a woman to death, raped another, and killed to girls by tying them to their beds, setting fire to their house, and letting them suffocate and burn, but my dad hit me as a child!"
His own abuse and depression doesn't excuse what he did. At all.[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah because his sanity was TOTALLY in his own hands
He's just crazy but not crazy somehow!
[QUOTE=Cone;34418679]Oh yeah because his sanity was TOTALLY in his own hands
He's just crazy but not crazy somehow![/QUOTE]
To be not guilty by reason of insanity you have to prove that you didnt know what you where doing was wrong. He knew very well what he was doing, even if he didnt feel remorse for it.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;34418746]You're a fucking idiot, there are many people that have depression and were abused as children and they aren't going around murdering and raping people.[/QUOTE]
Because EVERY case is the same.
[QUOTE=Cone;34418679]Oh yeah because his sanity was TOTALLY in his own hands
He's just crazy but not crazy somehow![/QUOTE]
Depression and child abuse don't force you to rape people and kill them with fire.
And, to deal with your "he's crazy but not crazy" sarcastic remark, even though it was a non sequitur in the first place: There are different types of "crazy", you know. Emphasis on the quotation marks. Depression isn't the same as sociopathy isn't the same as paranoia isn't the same as PTSD [del]isn't the same as liking any of the current GOP candidates[/del].
[QUOTE=Cone;34418763]Because EVERY case is the same.[/QUOTE]
[I][B]Wow.[/B][/I]
Just... [I]wow.[/I]
I...
[I]Wow.[/I]
"Depression doesn't make people go around and murder people."
"Not every case is the same! So depression made him do it this time, it's not his fault."
If I got your argument wrong, I apologize, but what I can understand Lovecraftian horrors better than I can understand what you just said.
Being depressed and abused as a child in no way justifies torturing children, raping a woman, and killing them, not to mention ruining a man's life. He deserves what he gets, and he knows full well his actions. Many people find ways to deal with their internal issues without killing others, and frankly, if this person is so far lost that his only way to emotionally deal with his troubles is to kill others, than he cannot ever become a productive member of society and deserves whatever punishment comes his way.
Good, theres no place in the world for a piece of shit who kills a woman and her children just to get some money.
[QUOTE=Cone;34418763]Because EVERY case is the same.[/QUOTE]
Why am I not surprised to see that there's somebody on facepunch willing to defend a man who raped someone, molested their daughter, and then killed pretty much all of them?
You're pretty fucked up
[QUOTE=Loriborn;34418813]he cannot ever become a productive member of society and deserves whatever punishment comes his way.[/QUOTE]
I agree other than the usage of productive. The problem is that he harms others, if he was simply neutral there shouldn't be a problem (but I doubt you were implying this). In addition, 'society' is a rather arbitrary term.
I live pretty close to this and I've been hearing about it quite often on the local news. What that guy did was horrible and I hope he goes through the same pain and suffering that he inflicted on those innocent people.
[QUOTE=Valdor;34419022]Why am I not surprised to see that there's somebody on facepunch willing to defend a man who raped someone, molested their daughter, and then killed pretty much all of them?
You're pretty fucked up[/QUOTE]
He's not defending him. He's saying the death penalty is wrong. Practically every country in Europe including [I]Russia[/I] has already abolished it.
Why can't they just dp all the murderers?
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;34419217]Why can't they just dp all the murderers?[/QUOTE]
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Killing people to show that killing people is wrong is a hypocritical argument.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;34419276]An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Killing people to show that killing people is wrong is a hypocritical argument.[/QUOTE]
The person the killer killed was innocent, the person getting killed has committed rape and murder. Besides there isnt a great moral difference between killing someone and locking them up for the rest of their life.
Yay! More death, what a just conclusion.
Since when is justice the same as revenge?
This sounds like the plot to that one movie Law Abiding Citizen but with a better ending
Give me the syringe, I'll give the bastard the injection myself
[QUOTE=Hidole555;34419276]An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Killing people to show that killing people is wrong is a hypocritical argument.[/QUOTE]
even though i dont support the death penalty i think this is a bit stupid
it's just the concept of "justice". give and take, you kill someone you are killed back, justice is supposed to be about balance and equilibrium between affected parties. killing an innocent person is viewed as wrong (as it should be), killing a killer is thought of much differently. not saying i agree with it, but it's not hypocritical, it's just a brutal absolute justice mentality.
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[QUOTE=Kopimi;34419339]even though i dont support the death penalty i think this is a bit stupid
it's just the concept of "justice". give and take, you kill someone you are killed back, justice is supposed to be about balance and equilibrium between affected parties. killing an innocent person is viewed as wrong (as it should be), killing a killer is thought of much differently. not saying i agree with it, but it's not hypocritical, it's just a brutal absolute justice mentality.[/QUOTE]
If you're looking for punishment, then you could debate life sentence is still a more preferable option. Executions are "humane" in that they invoke little to no pain on the criminal. With a life sentence they go the rest of their life with nothing to reflect on but their horrible, stupid decision.
[QUOTE=Last or First;34418640]"Be lenient on me, judge! Sure, I raped and choked a woman to death, raped another, and killed to girls by tying them to their beds, setting fire to their house, and letting them suffocate and burn, but my dad hit me as a child!"
His own abuse and depression doesn't excuse what he did. At all.[/QUOTE]
Not what I'm saying in the slightest, and I'm not justifying or excusing what he did, but a death sentence is excessive in my opinion.
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