Home invasion killer formally sentenced to death

Home invasion killer formally sentenced to death

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man condemned to die for a home invasion that killed a mother and her two daughters says it is surreal to face death and insists he did not intend to kill anyone.

A judge formally sentenced Joshua Komisarjevsky to death today on a jury’s earlier recommendation. Judge Jon Blue is calling the crimes “horrific beyond imagination.”

Komisarjevsky is blaming his accomplice for much of the crime but speaks of regrets and the devastating consequences of his decisions.

He says he has family and supporters who don’t want him to die.

He and his accomplice, Steven Hayes, were convicted of killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters in the home invasion in 2007 in Cheshire.