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Ninth Juror Picked for Komisarjevsky Trial

She is the sixth woman, a Branford resident who works for Yale University

Another woman was chosen Thursday for the jury that will decide the fate of Joshua Komisarjevsky, the second Cheshire home invasion defendant.

The ninth juror is a 30-year-old Yale University employee from Branford, according to a source knowledgeable about the proceedings at the New Haven County Courthouse.

She is the third Yale employee to be chosen since jury selection began on March 16.

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Both Komisarjevsky’s defense lawyers and the state prosecutors used peremptory challenges on Thursday to excuse jurors they felt might favor their opponent in the trial.

Today’s session completed another week of jury selection, with a total of six women and three men picked so far. The process will begin again on Monday.

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Komisarjevsky faces the death penalty for the triple homicide of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters, Hayley and Michaela, in 2007.

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