The cheshire murders killers
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The two men who were convicted in the home invasion and murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters in their Cheshire home in 2007 have been transferred to prison in Pennsylvania.
Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky were transferred on Tuesday to maximum security prisons run by the Pennsylvania Department of Correction, according to officials with the Connecticut Department of Correction.
State officials said the transfer is part of the Interstate Corrections Compact in which participating States Departments’ of Corrections agree to accept inmates from each other for reasons of safety and security.
Both men were on death row, but the state abolished the death penalty and Hayes was resentenced to life in prison in June while Komisarjevsky was resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in July.
Both will serve six consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of release and will be housed out of state for an indefinite period of time, according to state officials.
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Cheshire home invasion killers, 9 other inmates spared CT overturns death penalty
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Three years after Connecticut abolished the death penalty for any future crimes, the state's highest court on Thursday spared the lives of all 11 men who were already on death row when the law took effect, saying it would be unconstitutional to execute them.
The ruling comes in an appeal from Eduardo Santiago, whose attorneys had argued that any execution carried out after repeal would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Santiago faced the possibility of lethal injection for a 2000 murder-for-hire killing in West Hartford.
The Connecticut Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, agreed with his position.
"Upon careful consideration of the defendant's claims in light of the governing constitutional principles and Connecticut's unique historical and legal landscape, we are persuaded that, following its prospective abolition, this state's death penalty no longer comports with contemporary standards of decency and no longer serves any legitimate penological purpose," Justice Richard Palmer wrote for the majority.
"For these reasons, execution of those offenders who committed capital felonies prior to April 25, 2012, would violate the st
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