This is a case I've been following, and fingers crossed that this ******* gets the death penalty like his slimy partner.
A Connecticut jury today found Joshua Komisarjevsky guilty of taking part in the murders of Dr. William Petit's wife and two daughters in a brutal home invasion that ended with his daughers tied to their gasoline splashed beds and the house on fire.
Komisarjevsky, 31, was found guilty on a battery of 17 counts that included murder, burglary, kidnapping, sexual assault and arson.
Several of the counts make him eligible for the death penalty including causing someone's death during a kidnapping and causing a death during the commission of a sexual assault.
The jury began deliberations on Wednesday morning and it took them about nine hours to return a verdict of guilty on charges he murdered Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, Hayley Petit, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11.
He will now undergo a death penalty hearing to determine if he spends the rest of his life in prison or is condemned to execution by lethal injection. Those hearings will begin Oct. 24.
The Petit family was in court as the verdicts were read and rubbed each others' shoulders comfortingly in reaction.
Komisarjevsky had no visible reaction.
Komisarjevsky's accomplice, Steven Hayes was convicted last year for his role in the July 23, 2007 home invasion, murder and torture of the Petit family. He was sentenced to death and is currently on Connecticut's death row.
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