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Published on: 7/27/2007
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Message: I thought you might be interested in this article, dated Friday, July 27, 2007, that I read on TheDartmouth.com: "Death penalty sought for suspects" http://thedartmouth.com/2007/07/27/news/petitupdate/ Late Thursday afternoon -- nearly three and a half days after the brutal murders of incoming freshman Hayley Petit and her mother and sister in their home in Cheshire, Conn. -- New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington filed six capital felony charges against each of the defendants, Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven J. Hayes, and announced that the state plans to seek the death penalty for both.
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Late Thursday afternoon - nearly three and a half days after the brutal murders of incoming freshman Hayley Petit and her mother and sister in their home in Cheshire, Conn. - New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington filed six capital felony charges against each of the defendants, Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven J. Hayes, and announced that the state plans to seek the death penalty for both.
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Dearington has sought the death penalty only once, in 2000, for a triple murder of a woman and her two small children.Although the suspect was convicted, the death sentence was denied.
New details of the circumstances surrounding the grisly murder of the Petits have emerged over the last few days.