Questions persist from TCI inmate death

LEAVITTSBURG — Lots of people investigated the 1995 death of inmate Marvin Lane at Trumbull Correctional Institution — alone in a cell, moments after an intense fight with seven guards. Today, some people still question what killed him:

What role did excessive force from guards play? Why was he restrained using a procedure — hog-tying — that is neither trained nor advised by state officials?

Did the probe fall victim to guards’ code of silence? Why were inmate statements so perfectly in sync — as if read from a script?

Why were no charges and no discipline brought against guards under whose supervision Lane died?

For the complete story, see Sunday's Vindicator.