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Connecticut Petit Home Invasion Judge Denies Mistrial

The judge presiding over a triple homicide case in Connecticut denied today the alleged killer's request for a mistrial after the victims' family caused a commotion while exiting the courtroom en masse Wednesday. In full view of jurors, the Petit family filed out of the court just before Connecticut's chief medical examiner, Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, was slated to deliver graphic testimony regarding the autopsy of 11-year-old Michaela Petit. The bodies of Michaela, mother Jennifer...Full Story
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