Yale Daily News

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Coming to terms with Lasaga's legacy

Published Monday, February 18, 2002

The shocking and disturbing case of Antonio Lasaga, a former Yale geology professor and Saybrook College master, essentially came to an end Friday when a Connecticut Superior Court judge sentenced the child molester and pornographer to 20 years in prison. That sentence will be served concurrently with a 15-year federal term that Lasaga received last week.

With Lasaga finally headed to prison -- pending an appeal from his attorney -- it is appropriate to reflect on the troubling legacy he has left behind.

From its beginnings in late 1998 to the sentences pronounced last...

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