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Jurors chose the death penalty for one of two men who broke into a Connecticut home three years ago of endocrinologist Dr. William Petit and raped and murdered Petit's wife and two daughters before torching the house, reports the New York Post.
Steven Hayes , 47, reportedly smiled when the sentence was read. He was convicted on Oct. 5.
His alleged co-hort Joshua Komisarjevsky is next up to face trial.
During the Hayes trial, excerpts of Komisarjevsky's diary entries were read aloud into testimony in which the 26-year-old wrote that he "lost control" while beating Dr. Petit with a baseball bat before murdering Petit's wife and two daughters. He wrote that he started to "enjoy it," while committing the murders.
