03-12-2011, 05:20 AM
i knew this was coming. and of course it's all to spare Dr. Petit. right. or maybe he thinks he won't like death row? i hope to hell the court and DA do not accept this.
(CNN) -- The second man to be tried for a deadly home invasion in Connecticut has asked a court to accept a guilty plea on the condition he would be spared the death penalty.
Attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky submitted the motion to the Superior Court of the Judicial District of New Haven on Friday.
But Komisarjevsky's attorneys said in the motion that Hayes, who was sentenced to death in December after being convicted on 16 of 17 charges related to the invasion, has admitted to some of the most egregious acts.
"Coupled with these realities is the fact while Joshua Komisarjevsky is guilty of many things, he never intended the deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit or her two daughters, which he explained to law enforcement while giving a prompt and detailed rendition of events that has been corroborated in large measures by the state's forensic evidence," the document continued.
The motion states that Komisarjevsky's primary reason for the conditional plea is to "avoid another lengthy, expensive and emotionally charged trial that will undoubtedly cause extreme mental anguish to the Petit and to the Hawke famiies, to the community at-large and to his own family, friends and supporters." BULLPLOP
(CNN) -- The second man to be tried for a deadly home invasion in Connecticut has asked a court to accept a guilty plea on the condition he would be spared the death penalty.
Attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky submitted the motion to the Superior Court of the Judicial District of New Haven on Friday.
But Komisarjevsky's attorneys said in the motion that Hayes, who was sentenced to death in December after being convicted on 16 of 17 charges related to the invasion, has admitted to some of the most egregious acts.
"Coupled with these realities is the fact while Joshua Komisarjevsky is guilty of many things, he never intended the deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit or her two daughters, which he explained to law enforcement while giving a prompt and detailed rendition of events that has been corroborated in large measures by the state's forensic evidence," the document continued.
The motion states that Komisarjevsky's primary reason for the conditional plea is to "avoid another lengthy, expensive and emotionally charged trial that will undoubtedly cause extreme mental anguish to the Petit and to the Hawke famiies, to the community at-large and to his own family, friends and supporters." BULLPLOP