Ex-death row inmate Lazale Ashby resentenced for rape & murder of Elizabeth Garcia

[Sugar Cookie]

A man who was once on death row was re-sentenced in Hartford Superior Court Wednesday.

A stoic and seemingly emotionless 33-year-old Lazale Ashby never once looked at the family of the woman he was convicted of murdering.

In 2008, Ashby was sentenced to death plus another 125 years in prison for the 2002 rape and murder of 21-year-old Elizabeth Garcia.

“I know it is effectively a technical change now in the sentence because of the case-law,” Senior Assistant State’s Attorney John Fahey said during the court proceedings Wednesday.

The hearing was a re-sentencing of two of the nine counts in the case after the state Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that the death penalty was unconstitutional.

The sentences of all death row inmates had to be revised following the ruling.

“The sentence of the court is life without the possibility of release,” said Judge Laura Baldini during the sentencing.

Ashby is also serving time for a 2003 murder.

Ex-death row inmate Lazale Ashby resentenced to life for murder

A man who was once on death row was resentenced in Hartford Superior Court Wednesday. A stoic and seemingly emotionless 33-year-old Lazale Ashby never once look...

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The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to hear the appeal of former death row inmate Lazale Ashby, who says he was wrongly convicted of murder and sexual assault in the 2002 slaying of a single mother in Hartford.

Ashby was convicted in 2008 in the rape and strangulation of Elizabeth Garcia inside her apartment as her 2-year-old daughter watched television in another room. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was changed to life in prison after the state abolished capital punishment in 2015.

Ashby says he had consensual sex with Garcia the night of the killing and another man’s DNA was found on her body. He says police did not adequately investigate and state officials failed to disclose evidence in his favor.

Court to hear former death row inmate's appeal

Court to hear former death row inmate's appeal- HARTFORD (AP) — The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to hear the appeal of former death row inmate Lazale Ashby, who says he was wrongly convicted of murder and sexual assault in the 2002 slaying of a single mother in Hartford.Arguments are...

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[Sevens My Charm]

Death plus another 125 years in prison = Life without the possibility of release plus another 125 years in prison.. bastard should still get death.. we will gladly take him here in Texas.. we still have the death penalty!

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Ashby says he had consensual sex with Garcia the night of the killing and another man’s DNA was found on her body. He says police did not adequately investigate and state officials failed to disclose evidence in his favor.

 

[Sejanus]

Either way you're still going to die Behind Bars

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A former death row inmate in Connecticut, whose conviction was overturned in 2020, has pleaded guilty to a murder charge and been sentenced to 46 1/2 years in prison.

Lazale Ashby, 38, entered his plea as a part of an agreement with the prosecutor and the family of his victim, 21-year-old Elizabeth Garcia, his attorney, Joe Lopez.

Garcia was strangled inside her Hartford apartment in 2002 as her 2-year-old daughter watched television in a neighbor's apartment, prosecutors said.

This is the third time Lazale Ashby has been sentenced for killing Garcia. He was originally convicted of multiple charges including capital felony, sexual assault and kidnapping and sentenced to death in 2008. He was resentenced to life in prison in 2016 after Connecticut abolished the death penalty.

The Connecticut Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Ashby in 2020 after finding his rights were violated during his original trial when the judge allowed testimony from another inmate who said Ashby made admissions about the crime in prison.

Lopez said Ashby denied he sexually assaulted or kidnapped Garcia.

“He takes full responsibility for the murder," Lopez said. “Forty-six and a half years is obviously not a walk in the park.”

Former death row inmate sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty to murder

A former death row inmate in Connecticut, whose conviction was overturned in 2020, has pleaded guilty to a murder charge and been sentenced to 46 1/2 years in prison. Lazale Ashby, 38, entered his plea Monday as a part of an agreement with the prosecutor and the family of his victim, 21-year-old...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

Inmate Number:	300529
Inmate Name:	ASHBY,LAZALE DELANE
Date of Birth:	11/28/1984
Latest Admission Date:	9/4/2003
Current Location:	MACDOUGALL-WALKER (MACDOUGALL BUILDING)
Status:	SENTENCED
Bond Amount:	0
Controlling Offense*:	MURDER AF
Date of Sentence:	8/28/2023
Maximum Sentence:	46 Year(s) 6 Month(s) 0 Day(s)
Maximum Release Date:	3/5/2050

 

[Satanica]

Good! Hope every second of it is filled with fear and pain.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Perhaps the State could fuck this all up a little bit more and Mr. Ashby can just skate on time served?