the trial of komisarjevsky wound down this week.awyer told jurors he was, quote, in despair, but in the end he too was convicted and faces the death penalty. the house on sorghum hill drive is gone now, razed by dr. petit after the killings and the fire. in its place, a memorial garden tended year-round with loving care. the physical reminders of what happened here are gone but the memories remain. of acts so vicious, many call them pure evil.

the trial of komisarjevsky wound down this week.ld jurors he was, quote, in despair, but in the end he too was convicted and faces the death penalty. the house on sorghum hill drive is gone now, razed by dr. petit after the killings and the fire. in its place, a memorial garden tended year-round with loving care. the physical reminders of what happened here are gone but the memories remain. of acts so vicious, many call them pure evil. >>> welcome, everyone, to this anderson cooper special. "bullying: it stops here," here is new jersey's rutgers university. we've come here all of us drawn together by the power of absence. the absence of kids. of young adults. of future parents and friends, healers and leaders, none of whom will ever be. all of whom have left us because as young adults or as children they were bullied beyond their capacity to endure. they are the reason we are here. we owe them and we owe them more than talk. in the years since a wave of bullying suicides struck the country and got worldwide attention, there's been t

the defendant, joshua komisarjevsky, guilty on all 17 counts.ill the family after spotting 11-year-old michaela in a parking lot with her mother and then following them home. >> i always thought that this was sexual predatation. >> reporter: during the trial, they had to listen to komisarjevsky talk about the fixation and subsequent molestation on his daughter michaela. he showed no remorse and turned and yawned as he was led out of court. >> i thought from the beginning that he was a lying sociopathic personality and probably at this moment doesn't think he's guilty of anything. he's convinced himself of that, i suspect. >> reporter: the same jury will now decide whether komisarjevsky gets the death penalty. as for dr. petit, he says he has occasionally moments of peace but hasn't thought about what's next. >> it's not clear to me that time heals all wounds, but you form some kind of scars or a jagged hole in your heart, you smooth out the edges a little bit and you just take it one day at a time. >> reporter: deborah feyrick, cnn. >> joining m

right now they are bringing in the defendant, joshua komisarjevsky.so preparing to file into the courtroom. took them just about eight hours, twice the length of komisarjevsky's co-conspirator, ann accomplice in this terrible crime, the home invasion have dr. william petit, his wife and two girls, all three dying in this brutal fire. we're waiting to find out what the verdict is. i'm reading some notes here. it says jurors do not think to be looking at the defendant. some people take that as a sign that it means it did not go in his favor. i'm hearing in fact the petit family, he and his in-laws are in court. they're ready to hear what the verdict will be. the judge doing this very quickly. usually a 30-minute break. everybody gathers. they are doing it right away. we have our producer who is in that courtroom and he is sending us details as they happen. we'll bring you more. it does appear they've reached a verdict and it will soon be held in court. >> we want to get a quick break in. accept it. you can't change the way banking works. just accept it,

they said that joshua komisarjevsky was doomed at birth. he was adopted by these evangelical christians who, instead of getting him help for his mental problems, preyed on it. they also said that he was horribly sexually abused, physically abused by another foster child that was brought into the home and that jash wa komisarjevsky obama felt safe in the woods because he did not feel safe at home. so really a sad picture that the defense has played out for the jury. i will say that. the prosecution only had one witness and that witness talked about joshua komisarjevsky's record and that record was extensive. a lot, a lot of burglaries and larcenies and then they rested in terms of the penalty phase. so my sense is that they are going to do what they did in the case of steven hayes, which is just to rely on the horrific facts that were brought out at trial. >> as we mentioned, steven hayes will be put to death and we're also learning today, in connection with this case, chilling letters written by hayes. apparently he wrote these letters whil

like komisarjevsky.oom is going to like him and his defense attorney is being overly aggressive. the jury will also respect an aggressive defense attorney doing their job ethically and honestly treating the situation with respect. in this case i don't know that jeremiah donovan is treating the situation with respect. he referred to the petits as the petit posse, people there supporting the doctor that lost his family. he has gone after witnesses. he has attacked them. and the one thing he needs to realize is, they're not going to like his client. he better make darn sure they like him. i can't imagine them liking him. and like my great-grandmother used to say. catch more bees with honey than you do with vinegar. this guy, i don't know what he is thinking. jon: if he puts him on the stand does it open up new avenues, new doors for the prosecution, tad? >> well of course it does. if you put komisarjevsky on the stand, can you imagine having a day and a half to look into this guy's mindset? you know, just t

there have been books written about joshua komisarjevsky. he was an adopted child who did suffer terrible sexual rape and abuse by one of the foster children that was brought into his home. hitz parents' home. there's no question that he had a difficult life. he is also clearly guilty of these horrific crimes so i don't think in the guilt phase of this trial the jury will have any sympathy for him. i think he will be found guilty. this may come in as mitigating factor, though, in the penalty phase. so i've said this all along, brooke. this case against joshua komisarjevsky is very much about the death penalty, not whether he'll be convicted of the underlying crimes. i think that's a done deal. certainly this could be considered in perhaps sparing his life when it comes to the penalty phase. >> perhaps you would say the same about the fact the psychologist also cites medical records that show komisarjevsky sustained at least five concussions, caused him to have cognitive difficulties. again, perhaps more mitigating for death or life. >> i thi

meantime, joshua komisarjevsky, he had no emotion.e sat and stared at the jury as they read the verdict and then he got up and it appeared he actually yawned as he was let out of court and back to prison. a different reaction clearly on both sides. most surprising the lack of reaction, the lack of remorse from joshua komisarjevsky, john. >> dr. petit makes an important point. he said the case is not over yet. the sentencing phase of the trial is yet to come, right? >> that's right. we are going to hear more testimony during that phase. as a matter of fact, the defense lawyers, believe it or not, want to introduce 100 pages of letters written by the accomplice who's on death row already, and the judge initially wouldn't allow it saying no, that will seal his doom, joshua komisarjevsky's doom. they still want to bring it in. they are trying to save his life. that was their intention from the beginning. trying to make him at least a little sympathetic that it didn't happen during this, from the testimony we heard this time. whether they

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and that is to try to save joshua komisarjevsky's life. the accomplice is already on death row, and what they are trying to do now is they're trying to really convince the jury that this was simply a home invasion and it went terribly wrong. that as the hours began ticking down, as they were waiting to go to the bank to have this mom withdraw $15,000, that somehow there was tension, they started getting on each other's nerves. but, look, you've got a 90-minute taped confession in which komisarjevsky really lays out the plan, how it happened, how he describes, really, this sexual fixation of an 11-year-old girl, what he was doing. and he blames his accomplice, steven hayes. he says, he's the one who went to the buy the gasoline to light the house on fire. he's the one who said that we had to kill this family to get rid of evidence. and, so, it's, the defense has to try to save his life, and they've got not a lot to work, john. >> bizarre, bizarre, bizarre. deborah feyerick, thank you. fascinating case. >>> now let's get the latest on other

here you have joshua komisarjevsky and his accomplice. men, two convicted felons out on parole. they hold this family hostage for more than seven hours, torturing them, sexually molesting an 11-year-old. and then all of a sudden they turn it around and say, gee, if only dr. petit, who we'd tied up and put in the basement and beat in his head, if only he had not broken free to try to get help, we wouldn't have had to light the house on fire. or, gee, if the 17-year-old daughter, hayley, had actually gotten loose from being tied to the bed and had she escaped out the window, then, gee, you know, maybe she could have helped family. so, really, the defense wants it both ways. their one goal right now, john, is simply to save this man's life. but doing it this way, by being so cruel to the family that was picked at random. you know, one of these guys actually spotting the wife and daughter in the parking lot buying groceries, coming from buying groceries, and then followed her home. it's really a little bit, i think the word that you hear a lo

joshua komisarjevsky and another man invaded the suburban home in 2007. jennifer hawke-petit and her two daughters were tied up and sexually molested and the house set on fire. the husband and father, william b petit was the only survivor and he had this to say to c komisarjevsky. >> i told him from the beginning he is a lying socially pathic. >> komisarjevsky faces the death penalty. >> politics now. a revolt of sorts by some presidential candidates. republicans in particular. including a threat to boycott the nevada caucus unless the date is moved back. the iowa caucus is scheduled for january 3rd. and nevada caucus january 14th and new hampshire are prepared to schedule their first in the nation primary for december. jon huntsman and newt gingrich and rick santorum and michele bachmann say they will skip nevada unless the date is changed. >>> at the white house, the president and mrs. obama hosted a formal state dinner for the president of south korea and his wife. the first lady wore a purple gown. in his post, mr. obama said that lee is nicknamed the

his name is joshua komisarjevsky.s convicted by the same jurors of killing a woman and her daughters in a home ininvasion back in 2007. you know his accomplice. his name is steven hayes. he is on death row. his fate is less certainty time, life or death? lawyer re epg gels live in the newsroom. >> reporter: all eyes on the defense as joshua komisarjevsky's lawyers fight to save his life and convince the jurors to give him life in prison without the possibility of parole sentence. enough the judge granted a defense request to switch side with prosecutors today for this portion of the penalty phase so that they, and komisarjevsky could be closer to the jury box. that also puts the convicted killer within a few short feet of the family members of the victims who sit on that side of the courtroom. so far today komisarjevsky's adopted father benedict has taken the stand, telling jurors about his distinguished family tree and his son's early years. the yesterday the defense told jurors they would hear stories komisarjevsky

and one of those foster children sexually abused joshua komisarjevsky. then he in turn abused his sister also. we heard some testimony about the fact that he was involved in satanic rituals, fell in with a bad crowd and was diagnosed as having really severe psychological issues. but rather than have him treated psychologically with psychological drugs and testing, this family turned to religion. we know now that the komisarjevskies are deeply religious, devout christians and they instead placed him in a residential religious program. we're getting a picture of a young man who was very troubled and didn't receive the help that he so desperately needed. >> thus, this would be the defense in paining komisarjevsky. it was his accomplish, stephen hayes who was really the bad guy, right? >> i think that's right. they're certainly trying to save his life. and certainly his mother and father, they are testifying in an attempt to do that. when there's a death penalty case, and we're in the penalty phase of this trial, there are mitigating factors that the defense

whether joshua komisarjevsky intended to kill the mom, jennifer hawke-petit and her daughters.here is a lot of blame going around. they blame the accomplice, a man by the name of steven hayes, who is currently on death row, having been convicted last year for this crime. it went so far as to say that the defense blames the father, dr. petit, saying that the only reason that they had to light the house on fire was because he was finally, after hours of torture, broken free and escaped to a neighbor's house and went so far as to blame the older daughter, saying that if she had just tried to escape. so it's kind of -- the defense lawyers have had an uphill battle. there's a 90-minute tape recording where he admits to breaking into the home, beating the father with the baseball bat and all of this is on tape. it's going to be hard for the jury to try to get their minds around whether that's just a bad home invasion. >> well, let's listen. to an angry dr. petit and his sister as they came out of court. >> i guess we were honestly a little peturbed with the defense's use of dr. petit

joshua komisarjevsky was the second to be tried. steven hayes was sentenced to death last year.the victim defense suggesting if dr. petiten hadn't fled or if his wife hadn't screamed no one would have died. here's how they responded outside of the courtroom. >> i guess we were honestly a little perturbed with closing with their defense's use of dr. petit getting out of the basement precipitated things, as if there had been no plan in place for two or three hours, or longer prior that to that. that perhaps if haley petit had done something different that things would have turned out, the what if scenarios were nauseating. >> at first i thought my ears were deceiving me when they said my brother's actions precipitated the events and later he repeated it in thiz e his closing argument saying they not only precipitated but caused it and they went on to say haley had she climbed out of her window the events wouldn't have taken place. i think it is really stretching and grasping and delusional frankly. >> that is a bizarre defense strategy. blame dr. petit and his family. >> it actual

joshua komisarjevsky. he is charged with killing 11-year-old michaela and 13-year-old. prosecutors say komisarjevsky and steven hayes broke into the home. they beat father and husband william petit with a bat. they tied him and rest of the family up. they sexually assaulted the females. the house was doused with gasoline and set on fire. the only survivor, dr. petit was table to break free and run for help. the jury took several hours to convict hayes. he is on death row. komisarjevsky we may learn his fate anytime now. we'll bring you the verdict, jenna as soon as we get it. jenna: looking for justice for the family. rick, thank you very much. we have this second fox news alert. the state department issuing a worldwide travel alert for all americans. hi, everybody, year glad you're with us on this very busy day. i'm jenna lee. gregg: it is busy indeed. i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. brand new development in the brazen terror plot busted wide open. iran's elite military unit accused of directing the p

steven hayes, the colleague of joshua komisarjevsky there is a total dirt bag. as long as his arm. he admits he is a serial killer, career criminal. again someone richly deserving of the death penalty and it is a testament to the horrible nature of this crime that people are talking about the death penalty again in the context. steven hayes, he is a goner. this kid, joshua, only had a petty criminal record previously. jon: there is the father by the way. >> this is the father who is saying my poor adopted son, they adopted him when he was six weeks old. my poor adopted son had a rough childhood. he was raped by a 15-year-old when he was only four years old. please forgive him, his trespasses because he has been address passed upon. whether it will work it might. they might seem, they might see steven hayes as the prime perpetrator, the prime mover in this horrible crime and this joshua komisarjevsky just kind of the dim wit colleague, associate. they may spare his life. i doubt it though. i think they will both get the death penalty. whether or not it will ever

our producer says joshua komisarjevsky showed no emotion while staring a the jury.17 counts. steven hayes has already been sentenced to death for the deaths. the only survivor, william petit called the verdict a relief. >>> number two, an 11-year-old boy missing tonight. his step father has been charged with first-degree murder after the boy's mother was found dead in her home on wednesday night. "outfront" has been in contact with maryland authorities all day. they tell us curtis lopez who was estranged from his wife was arrested in charlotte, north carolina after he gave inconsistent statement to police. the 11-year-old has not been seen since september 30th. police are asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> research in motion, maker of the blackberry says service has been fully restored after the largest outage ever. executives say it was caused by a hardware failure followed by the failure of a backup system. the outage spread around the world like a plague. toward shrugged off the news. the stocks down 18 cents and our blackberries are working agai

joshua komisarjevsky accused of killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror.the courthouse in new haven, connecticut, with more. >> reporter: hi, jenna. day two of deliberations has been underway since about 10:00 local time, and by our count that puts jury deliberations at six hours. right now we know that jurors are going through all of the evidence presented in this case. early this morning those cans of evidence were brought into the deliberation room, that means all the burnt clothing of the victims in this case, the clothing of the two men accused in the case and, also, the baseball bat used to beat dr. petit. all of that brought in along with a note. we know they asked if they could keep their notes up on the black board. they're clearly working through this case line by line, and this is a massive task for these jurors. jurors must go through pages of complicated jury instructions, they were given this week applying the letter of the law to each count -- 17 in all -- including murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and arson. six of those are capital ones.

wonderful job in putting completely believable and beyond any reesonable doubt to a jury.in 2007 komisarjevskylowed hawke - petit and her daughters home from a shopppng centtr.they broke into their house, beat williammpetit, raped and strangled his wife, molested onn of their daughters and set the house on fire before fleeing the scene. smoke inhalationnhayee was tried, convicted anddsentenced to death in december of last back in court on octobbr 24th, where he too, faces he death peealty.for the ffmily left behind, now issthe time to try to heal.it's been very difficult, but it's not clear to me that time heals all wounds, buu you foom some scars that uh, likeei said in some interview, that you have a jagged hole in your heartt and you smooth out the holes a llttle bit.hooly firfer, washington.-----end----- pnn.script straight ahead... a forrer wall street ábii wigá won't be living in the lap of fund manager that's spending the next 11 years behind bars anddthe i need a home performance with energy star audit. this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! get up to $2,45

komisarjevsky and his previously convicted associate, steven hayes, komisarjevsky accused of breakingnto the home of dr. william petit, killing his wife and their two young daughters, as well as raping the 11-year-old. komisarjevsky did not take the stand. it had been speculated that he might but he did not do so. the defense has rested. it will be onto the jury sometime next week. court will be back in session on tuesday. we'll keep you updated on we'll keep you updated on this horrible case. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to hel

our producer in the court says komisarjevsky showed no emotion, guilty of all 17 counts.petit and her daughters, haylee and michaela. the only survivor, dr. william petit, called the verdict a relief. >>> an 11-year-old maryland boy still missing tonight, his stepfather being charged with first degree murder. "out front" has been in contact with maryland authorities all day. they tell us curtis lopez, who is estranged from his wife was arrested in charlotte, north carolina after he gave inconsistent statements to police. the 11-year-old william mclean has not been seen since september 30th. police are asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> number three. research in motion, maker of the blackberry, says service has been fully restored after its largest outage ever. executives say the outage was caused by a hardware failure followed by the failure of a back-up system. it spread around the world like a plague. investors have this rugged off the news. the stock off 18 cents. and our blackberries are working again, thank god. >>> number four, senator's john mccain

it's no doubt a huge answer for jurors deliberating the 17 charges against komisarjevsky. was the architect of the home invasion and the main instigator of violence once they were inside the home. steven hayes was convicted last year. he started the raging inferno that took the lives of the daughters. while was convicted of raping and strangling the mother. come requires also being charged with her murder murder. there are five other capital counts here. if he is found guilty on any one of them he will be eligible for the death penalty. the penalty phase will be october 24. both komisarjevsky and hayes pointed the finger at each other for strike the match that lit this fire. but jurors can decide to find them guilty as a principle or accessory. that's where the question came in and that an important count. count number 16, something we are watching for. if you remember in the steven hayes trial, a separate jury acquitted him on only one charge, the arson charge because they could not find beyond a reasonable doubt that he lit the match. it will be interesting to see what j

our producer in the court says komisarjevsky showed no emotion, guilty of all 17 counts.entenced for the deaths of jennifer hawke-petit and her daughters, haylee and michaela. the only survivor, dr. william petit, called the verdict a relief. >>> an 11-year-old maryland boy still missing tonight, his stepfather being charged with first degree murder. "out front" has been in contact with maryland authorities all day. they tell us curtis lopez, who is estranged from his wife was arrested in charlotte, north carolina after he gave inconsistent statements to police. the 11-year-old william mclean has not been seen since september 30th. police are asking anyone with information to come forward. >>> number three. research in motion, maker of the blackberry, says service has been fully restored after its largest outage ever. executives say the outage was caused by a hardware failure followed by the failure of a back-up system. it spread around the world like a plague. investors have this rugged off the news. the stock off 18 cents. and our blackberries are working again, thank g

joshua komisarjevsky faces a possible death sentence for the '07 crime. he was convicted of breaking into the cheshire, connecticut, home of dr. william petit, sexually assaulting his wife, two daughters, tying them down, setting the house on fire in what was the most awful crime a lot of people can remember. mother and both daughters died of smoke inhalation. his accomplice was also convicted and is on death row. >>> in l.a., the trial of michael jackson's doctor went on. the prosecution called its very last witness today. one of the leading experts on the powerful anesthetic propofol. the prosecution's case is expected to wrap up monday. then it is the defense's turn. sources close to the case say the defense will argue that michael jackson had taken an anti-anxiety medication hours before his death and never told dr. conrad murray. that, the defense will argue, is what killed jackson, not the propofol. >>> meanwhile, the drumbeat against iran continued at the highest levels of the u.s. government for that alleged plot that sounded contrived to people l

joshua komisarjevsky and another man were accused of the murder. the father william petit was the only survivor and had this to say to comkomisarjevsky. >> i told him from the beginning he is a lying socially pathic. >> politics now. a revolt of sorts by some presidential candidates. republicans in particular. including a threat to boycott the nevada caucus unless the date is moved back. the eye was caucus january 3rd and nevada caucus january 14th and new hampshire are prepared to schedule their first in the nation primary for december. jon huntsman and newt gingrich and rick santorum and michele bachmann say they will skip nevada unless the date is changed. >>> at the white house, the president and first lady had a reception for the south korean president and his wife. in his post mr. obama said that lee is nicknamed the bulldozer because he is unstoppable. the president pushes his jobs plan today. back in washington, senate republicans are pushing their own very different program. susan mcginnis lays it all out in washington for us this morning.

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joshua komisarjevsky. saw the wife and the daughter. he waited. home, and then hours later, he and his accomplice came back to the house to rob it. so it was clear this was a big part of the trial did he intend to actually kill this family? the jury found, in fact, he did, and there's a lot of gruesome testimony that's going to come out during the penalty phase of this trial as well. >> one of the gruesome things about the confession, he hit the father in the head and said i'd never hit somebody before and was complaining about the sounds he was making, and then he kept hitting him. i don't know how a jury could have found that he didn't mean to kill him, wait he was describing the crime in his home. >> and when you hear his voice on that tape it is without emotion. it is very flat. it is -- there's no -- there's no highs. there's no lows. it's just very flat, and, you know, almost like you're listening to somebody that is devoid of all the motion. the doctor said he exhibited signs of a lying sociopathic personality and likely convinced himself h