Last November, we wrote about a 31-year-old Connecticut man convicted of a 2007 home invasion and murder which left a mother and her two daughters dead. The man's accomplice was sentenced to death in 2010 for raping and strangling the mother and killing her daughters by setting the home on fire.

At the time we wrote that post, the man's defense attorney had called forth a psychiatrist to give testimony to his opinion that the man suffered from a long untreated mood disorder and severe depression. At that time, we expressed the hope that the court would come back with a more lenient sentence in light of the man's traumatic past. That is not reportedly what happened, however.

On Friday, the man was sentenced to death on charges of murder and rape. At his sentencing, he continued to assert his innocence of the crimes for which he was convicted.

The crime, as sources indicate, initially started as a robbery, and both of the men involved blamed each other afterward for allowing it to escalate to the point it did.

The man's attorneys pointed to his history of sexual abuse as a child and lack of psychological help, as well as his ongoing mood disorder and depression. And despite the fact that the man's family and other witnesses described him as remorseful and shocked over his behavior, prosecutors raised doubts about his remorse.

This case, as sources note, was instrumental in defeating a bill that would have outlawed the death penalty in Connecticut. It also led to tougher state laws for repeat offenders and home invasions.

Source: Associated Press, "Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death," John Christoffersen.