Witnesses set scene of home invasion as Hayes trial opens

09/13/10 NEW HAVEN - Jennifer Hawke-Petit "seemed quite calm" and showed pictures of her daughters as she pleaded with a Bank of America teller to allow her to withdraw $15,000 to keep her family safe, a bank manager said during opening testimony Monday in the murder trial of Cheshire home invasion suspect Steven Hayes.

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@NHRLIVE--Hayes apologizes: 'I take full responsibility for what I've done'

12/08/10 Steven J. Hayes was formally sentenced to death Thursday for the July 2007 triple homicide of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Michaela, in Cheshire. Register North Bureau Chief Luther Turmelle was at the courthouse and is filing live updates. Follow developments below as they happened or on Twitter @nhrlive.

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Ban Violent Books from Prison Libraries, Urges Connecticut State Senator

12/15/10 Connecticut State Sen. John Kissel (R-Enfield) met October 6 with state Department of Corrections Commissioner Leo Arnone to discuss the removal of books containing graphic violence from Connecticut prison-library collections. The meeting took place several days after jurors returned a guilty verdict for the first of two defendants in the murder of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters ...

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