Connecticut residents seek 'justice' at deadly home-invasion trial

[The Northerner]

(CNN) -- A close friend of a woman who was killed -- along with her two daughters -- during a 2007 home invasion said she hopes that an upcoming trial gives a feeling of peace and justice for residents of the quiet Connecticut town where the incident occurred.

"I don't think we'll ever have closure, but I think when these trials finally come to an end, hopefully there will be a sense that justice has been served for Jennifer and these girls," Marilyn Bartoli told CNN on Sunday evening.

Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters -- 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela Petit -- died in the July 23, 2007, invasion of the Cheshire, Connecticut, home of the Petit family. Dr. William Petit, Hawke-Petit's husband and the girls' father, was beaten and tied up at the beginning of the attack before he managed to escape.

In December, Steven Hayes was sentenced to death after being convicted on 16 of 17 charges related to the killings.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/18/connecticut.home.invasion.trial/

[virgogal]

1. This case horrified me. Life w/o parole.

[malaise]

2. I remember that awful crime

Throw away the keys

[brentspeak]

3. Sentence them to death

No questions at all about their guilt or what they deserve.

[anarch]

4. I disagree

Death is too good for them.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. ...and carry out the sentence.