Raymond Clark Got A 44-Years Sentence

Raymond Clark III, 26 years old, has got a 44-year sentence without eligibility for parole for the killing of Yale student Annie Le.

Le, 24, was assassinated in 2009. A doctoral pharmacology student, her body was found at the back of a wall at the research lab on the Yale campus where she did a job. She was killed the same day that she was to be married.

Clark was an animal research technician at the lab. He cleaned the mouse cages where Annie Le and other doctoral pharmacology students performed research on enzymes that could have effects on cancer, diabetes, and muscular dystrophy treatments, according to the AP.

Clark had pledge guilty to murder and sexual assault last March. The sexual assault request was entered under Connecticut’s Alford principle. This state-specific doctrine basically means that the defendant does not agree to the realities, but agrees that the state has enough evidence to garner a confidence, reports KSBW-TV.

Some of the evidence against Clark included evidence that he tried to clean up the crime scene and tried to recover evidence from behind the wall where Annie Le’s body was concealed, reports KSBW-TV. There was also evidence of Clark’s semen and a fountain pen found behind the wall with both the Le and Clark’s DNA.

Clark, who was not a Yale student, spoke openly for the first time after the judge handed down the sentence. He apologized for his deeds, and offered no justification for Annie Le’s assassination, reports UPI.

Clark’s 44-year sentence also includes a concurrent 20-year sentence for the sexual assault, reports the AP. The concurrent sentence means that the sexual assault sentence will be running at the same time as the assassination sentence.

In some criminal proceedings, repeated sentences will be levied against defendants. Consecutive sentences will commence and add on to the prior sentence when the prior sentence expires. Usually, consecutive sentencing will be made when defendants are found guilty of separate crimes or different counts.

Raymond Clark’s 44-year sentence for murdering Yale student Annie Le means he will be in his late 60s before he will be entitled to be released from prison.