Brian McDonald

launching the space shuttle is more predictable than the steven hayes' murder trial. hayes' attorney, Thomas Ullman, wants to ask the prison shrink more questions, and Judge Blue is going to let him. so resuming jury selection on march 15th is a big maybe.

it's going on six weeks since hayes tried to commit suicide.

yet another hearing is scheduled for tomorrow to determine if steven hayes is mentally fit to resume being tried for murder.

most insanity defenses bring into question the defendant's mental competency at the time of his crime. not so in this case. steven hayes' lawyer is arguing that his client is in "no condition to continue," due (more…)

so a guy gets pulled over in cheshire for driving while intox and later accuses the cheshire p.d. of roughing him up. but these days, DWI stops are videotaped and the tape has nothing FOX's "Cops" would be interested in. So no big deal, right? Except for one thing. (more…)

stacked one on top of the other, steven hayes' parole records are about six inches thick. they weigh as much as a library dictionary. as a body of work, they are the story of recidivist's voyage through the inept world of Connecticut's criminal justice.

for just about all of those years, most of his adult (more…)

according to news stories out of connecticut, steven hayes isn't talking to the prison psychiatrist because his lawyer told him not to. in response, the shrink is refusing hayes his meds, which include anti-psychotics and anti-depressants.

the attorney, thomas ullman, was able to stop the jury selection process for nearly a month by telling (more…)

after a tour of steven hayes' accommodations at macdougall-walker, judge jon blue said that jury selection should be able to resume on march 15th.

hayes is being held in what amounts to an observation cell in macdougall-walker's infirmary. with more square footage, and a window to the outside, his new digs are actually a (more…)

in case you haven't noticed, the hartford courant has new art on steven hayes. supplied by the DOC, the photo certainly gives the accused a far different appearance than his ubiquitous mug shot. in that photo, hayes looked like he could be working the local deli counter, or more like Uncle Fester, the nickname (more…)

what if steven hayes wasn't only thinking about ending it all? what if he figured that though 10 klonopin and 10 doses of thorazine might kill him, chances are it was nothing more than a quick high and a long nap. hayes had plenty of experience taking pills. he was a drug addict for most of (more…)

in all, i received over 200 pages of letters written by joshua komisarjevsky while he was being held in Macdougall-walker, c.i., the same prison in which steven hayes tried to commit suicide.

most of the letters came in business letter envelopes, addressed to me, and with a return address of 1153 East Street, South Suffield, (more…)

the big news out of court in connecticut today is that steven hayes has been given permission to wear his pajamas. Hayes is being held in a prison infirmary after a suicide attempt.

citing the gag order, the DOC is refusing to answer any pajamas questions. but one expert on prison sleepwear did say that the pajamas are probably NOT Dr. Denton's. (more…)