NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A Connecticut man was condemned to death Monday for
a night of terror inside a suburban home in which a woman was
strangled and her two daughters tied to their beds, doused in gasoline
and left to die in a fire.
Jurors in New Haven Superior Court voted unanimously to send Steven
Hayes to death row after deliberating over the span of four days.
Judge Jon Blue will impose the sentence on Dec. 2.
"You have been exposed to images of depravity and horror that no human
being should have to see," Blue said in thanking the jurors for their
service.
Dr. William Petit, the husband and father of the victims, said the
verdict was not about revenge.
"Vengeance belongs to the Lord," Petit said. "This is about justice.
We need to have some rules in a civilized society."
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