Summary of Offense:
During the riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (Lucasville), LaMar murdered five prison inmates, Darrell Depina, Bruce Vitale, William Svette, Dennis Weaver and Albert Staiano, whom LaMar believed were snitches. When prison inmates held prison guards and other inmates hostage, LaMar formed a group of prison inmates, called the "Death Squad," to kill snitches. Between April 11, 1993 and April 21, 1993, on five separate occasions, Lamar and his followers beat, strangled and stabbed each victim to death. At the time, LaMar was serving a sentence for a 1989 murder conviction. LaMar received the death sentence for the aggravated murders of Mr. Depina, Mr. Vitale, Mr. Svette and Mr. Weaver.
Also sentenced to death for murders committed during the riot were Jason Robb, Carlos Sanders, George Skatzes and James Were.
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