Report casts doubt on why man died in custody

A man who died after being restrained by New Jersey state troopers in 2008 may have suffocated, NJ Advance Media found in an investigation that challenges the official findings of the case and raises questions about how state authorities investigate deaths in police custody. Legal experts tell the media company, which publishes The Star-Ledger newspaper in Newark , that New Jersey's system is plagued by conflicts of interest: Medical examiners are overseen by the state Attorney General's Office, which also investigates death-in-custody cases and is responsible for the state police.

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