this monthing my question is, it s not facetious, how do you make punishment fit this crime? the death penalty phase gets under way in the horrific case of the petit family, a mother and two daughters tortured and murdered while the father heard much of it happening and surviveding attacked himself. a jury convicted steven hayes. now they ll decide whether or not he ll die for the crimes committed. his accused accomplice will have his own trial. dan abrams join me now. we were talking about this earlier, i don t know, given the circumstances surrounding this, how you can equal what happened to this family, but legally, what s the argument? basically in the penalty phase you look at aggravating
crime and punishment tonight, the first measure of justice for dr. william petit whose wife and two daughters were murdered in 2007 during a home invasion. today a jury after deliberating for four hours convicted steven hayes of capital murder and kidnapping. prosecutors are going to ask for the death penalty. as you know the attack on the petit family was savage. jennifer hawke-petit was sexually assaulted and strangled, her daughters were tied to beds, one of them was assaulted, their rooms doused in gasoline and set ablaze. they died apparently of smoke inhalation. dr. petit was beaten with a baseball bat. he survived though he spoke outside court today. there is some relief, but my my family is still, still gone. it doesn t bring them back. it doesn t bring back the home that we had.
crime and punishment tonight, the first measure of justice for dr. william petit whose wife and two daughters were murdered in 2007 during a home invasion. today a jury after deliberating for four hours convicted steven hayes of capital murder and kidnapping. prosecutors are going to ask for the death penalty. as you know the attack on the petit family was savage. jennifer hawke-petit was sexually assaulted and strangled, her daughters were tied to beds, rooms doused in gasoline and set ablaze. dr. petit was beaten with a baseball bat. he survived though he spoke outside court today. there is some relief, but my my family is still, still gone. it doesn t bring them back. it doesn t bring back the home
that are it doesn t matter where you are in the group. the dad is scheduled to appear in court october 13th on two misdemeanor charges. this month is national bullying prevention month. jury deliberations have begun in the trial of a man accused of murdering a connecticut woman and her two young daughters. steven hayes faces the death penalty if he s convicted. he and a co-defendant are accused of terrifying and murdering the petit family. jen her haum-petit was raped and strangled to death. dr. william petit was the sole survivor. jeff rossen is out by the courthouse. reporter: he sat through some of the most gruesome testimony you could possibly imagine involving the death of his wife
earlier today the prosecution presented its clothing arguments. they compressed eight days of chilling testimony and 200 exhibits, some of them grueling, into an hour and 15-minute presentation, a presentation that at times left family members weeping in the courtroom. it s expected this case will go to the jury early next week. the defendant here, steven hayes if convicted possibly facing execution here in the state of connecticut. megyn: this is so hard on the petit family and dr. bill petit who sat there through the entire testimony. but had to leave when they shot autopsy photos much his daughters and wife. the other news out of the trial involves the loss of another