out and say something, he has another trial to go through and the sentencing phase in this trial to go through. you can argue the sentencing phase is the most important thing in connection with this trial. steven hayes wanted to plead guilty. they caught him redhanded. he barely put a defense one. he tried to blame the police for not getting there faster and stopping him. he tried to blame his codefendant for some of the more heinous crimes. but the defense seemed to be, it just got out of the control. we wanted to rob the family and somehow it spun into murder and sexual assault in the most gruesome fashion possible of a mother and her daughter and the murder of the second daughter as well. that seemed to be the defense. so the guilty verdict is not particularly surprising. but a guilty plea and get the death penalty. he s not allowed to plead guilty to a death penalty crime and
wanwanted to pursue this case aa death penalty case and try it before a jury. that jury has rendered its verdict and lawyer a ingle is outside of the courthouse in which they did it. reporter: we are waiting for dr. petit to come out with his family. we have been told from the people who were inside the courtroom as the verdicts were read one by one and slowly that it was very quiet. there were no gasps, the jurors only looked at the court clerk as the verdicts were being read. dr. william petit held his head down appearing to hold back tears. jenna: r-r s sister appeared to be appeared to be shaking. they were all holding hands and holding their breath as they waited to hear the verdicts. as you mentioned, guilty on 16 of the 17 counts. 6 counts of capital felony. a first degree count of sexual assault that is for jennifer-hawkepetit. that makes him eligible for the death penalty. the penalty phase will be this month. this jury that sent down the guilty verdict will be bac
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