(53a -54b (6)) is capital murder is committing murder in the commission of sexual assault in the first degree; (53a – 54b (7)) explains murdering 2 or more people in one occurrence; and (53a -54b (8)) explains murdering a minor under the age of 16 year of age. Per (53a – 54d) Arson murder is acting alone or with another person causing death by fire. Sexual assault according to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a – 70 explains a person is guilty of sexual assault in the 1st degree, when such person uses force against their victim. (CHAPTER 952* Penal Codes: Offenses, 2001) …show more content…
However, this compounded all their charges into 36 counts of capital murder and 2 counts of sexual assault, which one of those counts was against a minor, being Michaela. Then 3 counts of arson murder, Komisarjevsky and Hayes had set 2 females on fire, with 2 of the them still alive at the commission of the fire being started. Komisarjevsky and Hayes are both serving life sentences as they sit on death row for the vicious murders of 3 innocent lives, The Petit woman, Jennifer Petit, Hayley, and her sister Michaela