Mass rapist-murderer Steven Hayes claims to be an Orthodox Jew and has sued the Connecticut Department of Corrections for depriving him of kosher food
On July 23, 2007, Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky broke in the Cheshire, Connecticut home of Dr. William Petit Jr. where they killed Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her children, Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17. Hayes sexually assaulted and strangled Dr. Petit’s wife. Komisarjevsky, sexually assaulted Michaela. The house was set on fire, and the two girls, who were tied to their beds, died of smoke inhalation. Dr. Petit was severely beaten but managed to escape and survived to identify the two scumbags.
Hayes and Komisarjevsky are among the few murderers that have been sentenced to death in the liberal death penalty-aversion state of Connecticut. (The state repealed the death penalty in 2012, but the repeal was not retroactive.) Hayes claimed he converted to Judaism after his arrival on death row. What a crock of supreme shit! I cannot envision any rabbi in his right mind who would convert this worthless piece of shit.
If Hayes is a Jew, then I am Jesus Christ. He is gaming the system by claiming that he is an Orthodox Jew and, as such, is required by his religion to eat only kosher food. Because his death row meals have not been kosher, Hayes claimed in a federal lawsuit that the Connecticut Department of Corrections deprived him of his First Amendment rights to freedom of religion. He also claimed that denying him kosher food is a violation of his Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment because he is forced to eat non-kosher meals in order to survive.
The prison system contends that it does offer kosher food. It has two rabbis who periodically monitor the kosher food preparation and certify that the food and its preparation process comply with Orthodox dietary laws. However, Hays contends the food is not really kosher because of cross-contamination.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Alvin Thompson rejected Hayes’ motions for a hearing and a temporary injunction. The judge noted that although Hayes “raises as an issue the lack of a reliable orthodox certificate or an onsite Jewish overseer, he provides no evidence suggesting that their absence leads to a finding that the meals are not kosher.” The judge did not throw out the lawsuit, but he found it unlikely that it will succeed.
From what I know about Orthodox Judaism, Hayes is probably correct in asserting that the food is not really kosher. So what! In my opinion, death row inmates do not deserve to be fed kosher food. And certainly not an ersatz Jew like Hayes. Fuck him!
Hayes says he has been subjected to “almost two years of emotional injury from having to choose between following God and starving or choosing sin to survive.” Yeah, right, and tell that to Dr. Petit.
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