then have that death penalty administered in the state of connecticut, therefore they needed a trial. now we go on as of october 18th to the sentencing phase, that is the phase in which dr. petit most wants to seek justice for his family. this case has become a referendum on the death penalty. most people believe if there ever were a case where it should be administered this is it. the details of what these two men, including this man did to these women inside this home are too horrific to be shared during daytime television. they are too disturbing for me to even want to put them in your heeds which is one of the reasons i was asking laura what the jurors have gone through. they don t have the luxury of turning the channel and avoiding the horrific details. they were forced to sit and listen to it all. nonetheless they were able to come to the verdict, and administer what they believe is justice and what the parents of
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 back. they have been asked not to discuss the case. we will not be hearing from jurors today. if anything we will only be hearing from dr. william petit. he has been here every single day with his family and he has said that he wanted to wait to find out what the verdict was before he made a comment to us, megyn. megyn: the nation has just extended him such sympathy as we ve waited and watched this trial along with him. that man sat there through every bit of gruesome testimony and crime scene photos. the only time he got up to leave was when the coroner got up and spoke about the autopsies and they spoke about exactly the con
in-laws, they are here en route to their home in florida. whether they will stay for the two weeks and wait or whether they will head to florida and come back for the second part the trial. there s been no plan to date as to what exactly their actions would be, and when cindy, general s jen s sister would come back for the next part of the trial. dr. petit [inaudible ] i really don t want to comment on that and interject anything at this point that may affect the second part of the
trial. he is a convicted killer now, it is official, they ve ruled on that. does it matter what happens to him at this point? does he matter any more to you? well what matters to me most is my family and my memories, my memories of my family, and trying to do good things through our foundation. i don t know over the last couple of weeks i just kept trying to tell myself that good will overcome evil and we ll keep trying to do good things and try to refocus myself on the positive and stay away from the negative. thank you everybody. we are going to try and get home. thank you. megyn: what that man has been through. what he has been through. he was tied up and beaten in the basement of his home.
honorary title. 16 faculty members were up for it they denied it for one man him. they attacked our next guests home when he was nine years old. john murtoch is a yonkers councilman. tell us what he did to you. in february of 1970 my dad at the time was a judge here in new york. he was sitting on a trial of a group of the black panther party when the ayers weather underground fire bombed three places, a new york city police precinct. a recruiting station for the army out in brooklyn. and my home while my parents, my brother, sister and i were home a sleep in our beds. megyn: he decides to bomb your home with all of you a sleep. incredibly nobody was hurt but obviously you have no love lost for this man. he went onto have a successful