In December, Lane travelled to Dallas to question Oswald's family, and three days later suggested to Marguerite Oswald that she sue the city of Dallas for the death of her son. Oswald's mother, Marguerite Oswald, reached out to Lane after reading the article. Published less than four weeks after the assassination, Lane's article in the December 19 issue of National Guardian, "Oswald Innocent? A Lawyer’s Brief", attempted to rebut various assertions made by Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade regarding the assassination and to offer a defense of Oswald. Kennedy assassination Warren Commission Īfter the assassination of Kennedy, Lane wrote a letter to Chief Justice Earl Warren on Decemrequesting that the Warren Commission give consideration to appointing defense counsel to advocate for Lee Harvey Oswald's rights, and enclosed a 10,000 word " brief" that he had submitted for publication. In the 1968 presidential election, Lane appeared on the ballot as a third party vice-presidential candidate, running on the Freedom and Peace Party ticket (an offshoot of the Peace and Freedom Party) with Dick Gregory. In 1962, he ran for Congress in the Democratic primary and lost. In June 1961, during the civil rights movement, Lane was the only sitting legislator to be arrested for opposing segregation as a Freedom Rider. Lane promised to serve for only one term, and then manage the campaign for his replacement-which he did. In the legislature, Lane spent considerable time working to abolish capital punishment. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York County's 10th District, encompassing East Harlem and Yorkville, where Lane resided) in 19. During his own campaign, he also managed the New York City area's campaign for Kennedy's 1960 presidential bid. Kennedy to the New York Legislature in 1960. He was elected with the support of Eleanor Roosevelt and presidential candidate John F. In 1959, Lane helped found the Reform Democrat movement within the New York Democratic Party. Although Lane acquired a reputation as "a defender of the poor and oppressed," Ostrow later asserted that Lane was "motivated more by his ambition and quest for publicity than any dedication to a cause or concern for the interest of his clients." The partnership dissolved in the late 1950s. As a law student, Lane was the administrative assistant to the National Lawyers Guild and orchestrated a fund-raising event at Town Hall in New York City that featured American folk singer Pete Seeger.įollowing his admission to the New York bar in 1951, Lane established a practice with Seymour Ostrow in East Harlem. After attending Long Island University, he received an LL.B from Brooklyn Law School in 1951. He served in the United States Army after World War II.
Mark Lane was born in The Bronx, New York, the son of Harry Arnold and Elizabeth Levin (Levin was changed to Lane in the 1920s), and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
2.3 Other books Lane wrote on the topic.
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