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Hayes Sentenced To Death

Defense attorneys Patrick Culligan (left) and Thomas Ullman (right).

Moments after a Judge formally sentenced Steven Hayes to die for his role in a triple-murder in Cheshire, his defense attorney said his client is already dead inside.”

Hayes was sentenced Thursday morning in Superior Court on Church Street in New Haven. Judge Jon C. Blue handed down six death sentences to Hayes, whom a jury had found guilty of a variety charges stemming from a brutal home invasion, sexual assault, arson, and murder in Cheshire in 2007. That murder took the wife and daughters of Cheshire doctor, William Petit.

In an emotional courtroom scene, Petit said on Thursday morning that he has considered suicide many times since the murder of his family. Read his statement here.

Petit’s tearful statement was a marked contrast with courtroom remarks from Hayes. Reading from a statement laid out in bold type, Hayes flatly expressed his gratitude for the death sentence. He has attempted suicide in the past. Read Hayes’ statement here.

Hayes said he cannot find the words to express his regret for his actions. He said he is tormented by the memories of the incident and welcomed death as a relief.

Afterward, outside the courthouse, Hayes’ defense attorneys, Tom Ullman and Patrick Culligan, faced a phalanx of TV cameras. They spoke about Hayes’ desire to die and decried the death sentence.

I was embarrassed for us as a society,” Ullman said. It was a a barbaric sentence.”

Culligan said Hayes is a very severely depressed person.”

He’s what you saw of him,” Ullman (pictured below) said to the reporters. He’s emotionless, he said. He’s basically dead inside. Just a shell of a human being.”

Previous Independent coverage of the Petit trial:

Day One: Deceptive Calm
Day Two: It Was All About The Girls”
Day Three: Defense Strategy Emerges: Spread The Blame
Day Four: Pieces Fall Into Place
Day Five: Numbers Tell A Story
Day Six: Suffering Takes Center Stage
• Day Seven: A Gagged Order
Day Eight: A Quilt & A Puppet Theater Bring Home The Horror
Day Nine: It’s About Specific Intent
• Day Ten: The Notes Told The Tale
Day 11: To Save A Life, Lawyers Must Humanize Alleged Monster
Days Twelve & Thirteen: A Life, In Context
This Time Around, Petit Jurors Are Yawning, Chuckling
Will Coward” = Death?
Is 11 Enough?
2 Men In A Courtroom, 2 Living Hells
• No Rush To Judgement
Hayes Condemned, Thrilled”

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