idea. a jury already sentenced that accomplice here on the left to death. same punishment if the jury convicts him. an attorney to interviewed him testified that the defendant admitted he may have poured gas in the home fueling that deadly blaze. laura ingle has been watching the day s developments in court. she is in our new york newsroom. laura, the detective is key for the prosecution and defense here. that s right. joseph apparently did not include the part about him pouring the gasoline. and the defense made sure that jurors knew about that today in court. there was plenty more revealed in the audio confession we just got into our newsroom. he was monotone and calm with his words as he was taking investigators through the home invasion one horrifying step at a time. he says steven hayes soaked the petit house with gasoline.
incredibly difficult day. i guess those recordings were too much each for the judge. they certainly were. it was a brutal day in court. jurors, family members, even courtroom observers were seen leaving the courtroom today looking stunned and shell shocked after hearing that taped audio confession of joshua. it has never been heard before. it was played for the first time today in court. in chilling detail, he told detectives how he cased the petit home, entered the house, beat dr. petit and tied up jennifer hawk petit along with her daughters after he says he gently woke them up. the details of his sexual assault on the youngest petit daughter 11-year-old that kayla became so graphic the judge had to stop the tape when one of the jurors and family members became visibly distraught. heads in hands. tears in eyes. family spokesperson came out to not follow dr. petit to his car as they have con in the past. that tape from yesterday saying this has been an extremely difficult day.
date. what i ve saeen in the abu jama case is a mischaracterization of what s presented to the jury. i listen with a very skeptical ear. if it s the same way in which there s been a whisper down the lane in the abu jamal case, i m loathed to buy into the presentation of the facts. i might say one other thing, if i may, you re discussing with eugene not only what transpired in texas and what s taking place in georgia, also the trifecta is what s going on in connecticut as we re having this conversation. i ve paid very close attention to the petit case. today there was testimony about this case. a home invasion. cheshire, connecticut, a doctor survives, his wife and daughters are dead. they aired an audio confession from one of the guys who s being tried. the other is being convicted of how happen 11-year-old had to perform oral sex on this dirt bag, tied her to her bed and set