Judge: Conn. home invasion death sentence is fair (AP)

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Old Nov 26th, 2010, 01:50 PM   #1
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Default Judge: Conn. home invasion death sentence is fair (AP)

AP - A Connecticut judge has decided that a jury was fair in deciding that Steven Hayes should be executed for a home invasion that left a woman and her two daughters dead. Lawyers for Hayes had argued that the jury was swayed by emotion after hearing and seeing gruesome testimony. Jurors condemned Hayes to death on Nov. 8.

New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue on Friday denied defense lawyers' motion seeking a new trial, new penalty phase hearing or a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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