Don't want to be killing someone who is mistakenly intruding into your home---during the fucking day.
How can you tell who will go away with the goods and leave you unharmed and those who will do harm?
How many seconds/minutes does it take to discern the intentions of an intruder---how long do you give them before they tip their hand?
Rely on the police to protect you.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/petit-murder-t ... d=14556175
A Connecticut jury today heard a chilling 911 tape from a Bank of America employee who called police in 2007 when Jennifer Hawke-Petit, walked into the branch asking for $15,000 from her account so she could give it to the men who were holding her husband and children hostage.
During the seven hour ordeal, the family was battered, sexually assaulted, and the wife and two daughters killed.
The ony survivor of the July 23, 2007 attack was Dr. William Petit, who sat in the first row today.
"To me, she was trying to get done what she was sent into the bank to get done, so she could return to her family," Lyons said.
The bank manager said she watched as Hawke-Petit drove away with a man wearing a hoodie.
Shortly after leaving the bank, Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11, would be dead. Hawke-Petit was raped and strangled and the girls died from smoke inhalation as they were tied to their beds when their house was set ablaze.
During his opening statements today, Bansley warned the jury that testimony they will hear would "break your hearts" and "shake your confidence in humanity," but he argued that as horrible as the events of that night were, Komisarjevsk's only broke into the home to commit a robbery. Hayes, he said, was responsible for the murders.
http://www.start.earthlink.net/article/ ... e3a8d22e66
Authorities say Komisarjevsky and Hayes, two paroled burglars, broke into a Cheshire home in July 2007, beat William Petit and tied up his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, and the couple's daughters, 11-year-old Michaela and 17-year-old Hayley. Hayes forced Hawke-Petit to withdraw money from a bank before he raped and strangled her in the family's home.
The girls, who had pillowcases placed over their heads, died of smoke inhalation after the house was doused with gasoline and set on fire.
Petit was also tied up but managed to escape to a neighbor's house to get help.
"To me, she was trying to get done what she was sent into the bank to get done, so she could return to her family," she said.
She said that the intruders had apparently already gone through Hawke-Petit's wallet and when she opened it to look for identification, the only things inside were some pictures of her daughters.
Bansley admitted that it was Komisarjevsky who spotted Hawke-Petit and Michaela at a supermarket, followed them home and later returned to the house with Hayes to break in to get money. He admitted Komisarjevsky beat Petit with a baseball bat and tied up the family and that Komisarjevsky masturbated in Michaela's presence.
Bansley said Hayes was worried about the DNA he left at the scene and told Komisarjevsky they would have to burn the house down and kill the family. He said Komisarjevsky was "stunned" and quoted from his confession to police that he told Hayes, "I'm not killing anyone. No one is dying by my hand today."
Bansley portrayed Komisarjevsky as panicked and indecisive, claiming he suffers from "cognitive difficulties" that makes him unable to make quick decisions in stressful situations.
During Hayes' trial, the defense blamed Komisarjevsky for escalating the violence and portrayed Komisarjevsky as the mastermind of the crime. They said Komisarjevsky had a long history of residential break-ins, attacked Petit with a bat, molested Michaela and pressured Hayes to sexually assault Hawke-Petit.
The poor man just suffers from cognitive difficulties, he isn't really bad.
