HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Resentencing for a Connecticut death row inmate convicted of raping and killing a 21-year-old woman has been postponed so the victim’s daughter can be given the opportunity to attend the hearing.
The Hartford Courant reports that 33-year-old Lazale Ashby is one of several death row inmates whose sentences are being revised after the state Supreme Court ruled in 2015 the death penalty was unconstitutional.
Ashby was sentenced to death in 2008 after he was convicted in the killing of Elizabeth Garcia in Hartford.
Prosecutors asked the judge Monday to delay Ashby’s resentencing so Garcia’s daughter can attend if she chooses to.
Garcia’s daughter, 17-year-old Jayleah, was 2 at the time of her mother’s death.
Ashby returns to court May 21.
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Information from: Hartford Courant, http://www.courant.com
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