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Petit Family Massacre Survivor Faces Killer, 'Evil Does Live Among Us'

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Jan. 27 2012, Published 5:30 a.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

The courtroom ordeal for Dr. William Petit is not yet over, as the grieving widow once again faced one of the men who murdered his family.

Petit addressed the New Haven, Connecticut courtroom on Friday during the formal sentencing of convicted triple murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky, reported the Hartford Courant.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and daughter Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, were tortured and murdered in 2007, and Dr. Petit brutally beaten, by Steven Hayes and Komisarjevsky, both of whom have been sentenced to death in Connecticut.

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"Evil does live among us and we need to rid the world of it," Petit told the court. "My only hope is for justice to be served."

Komisarjevsky was handed the death penalty on December 9 for his part in the horrific crime, Judge Jon C. Blue set an execution date for July 20 but an appeal is automatic and mandatory.

"This is a terrible sentence, but it is a sentence you indeed wrote for yourself," the judge explained.

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The 31-year-old convicted murderer, who remained mostly silent during his lengthy trial and sentencing phase last year, finally addressed the courtroom. when he once again claimed he never meant to kill anyone.

"They were never supposed to lose their lives," Komisarjevsky said. "The ripple effect