Category Archives: death row

Seven Years On

Posted on September 4, 2025 by Justice for Willie

Today, September 4 2025, marks exactly seven years since Jeffrey Wogenstahl received a significant, favorable ruling from a Sixth Circuit Court. It was this ruling that finally led to Jeff’s evidentiary hearing last fall. Judge Christian Jenkins is now mulling … Continue reading →

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Two Courts and a Prison Move

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Justice for Willie

Since May 21, Jeffrey Wogenstahl has been housed at Ross Correctional Institution (RCI). RCI is a large prison with more spacious grounds for recreation than his previous prison, Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI). And at RCI meals are taken in the … Continue reading →

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Move to Ross Correctional Institution

Posted on February 9, 2024 by teamwogenstahl

Seven years after the cancellation of a scheme to move Ohio’s death row inmates from Chillicothe Correctional Institution to Toledo, a new plan for moving has been announced. This time, the proposed destination is Ross Correctional Institution, less than a … Continue reading →

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‘Pen Pal’ Request

Posted on September 4, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Five years feels like a significant chunk of time. For instance, it feels significant (and hopeful) that it is five years since Ohio last carried out an execution. Similarly, it feels significant that today marks exactly five years since Jeffrey … Continue reading →

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Justice Joseph T. Deters

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Justice for Willie

Today, March 17, 2023, we remember the disastrous day, 30 years ago, when Jeffrey Wogenstahl entered death row. On March 17, 1993, Jeff received his sentence of death; his removal to death row followed. Throughout his long incarceration in prisons … Continue reading →

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Half a Lifetime Ago

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Justice for Willie

Today, November 23 2022, is Jeff’s birthday: he is 62 years old. Soon after his 31st birthday – half his lifetime ago – someone murdered a child that he knew; he has never wanted to celebrate his birthday since. Birthdays … Continue reading →

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Thirty Long Years

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Justice for Willie

Today, November 24, 2021, marks thirty long years since the very sad time when 10 year-old Amber Garrett was reported missing from her home. As well as being saddened to hear that a child he knew had been murdered, Jeffrey … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 on Death Row

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Justice for Willie

Covid-19 has come to Ohio’s death row: 23 death row inmates have tested positive for the virus. None of the cases is in the block where Jeffrey Wogenstahl is incarcerated. The inmates who have contracted the virus are in isolation. … Continue reading →

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Excessive and Inhuman

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Justice for Willie

Jeffrey Wogenstahl has been on death row for an astonishing 27 years. He’s not alone in suffering such a long period of incarceration: of the 138 inmates on Ohio’s death row, 71 have been imprisoned for 20 years or more; … Continue reading →

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Justice for Willie

There is very good news from Ohio – executions there have been halted by the new governor, Governor Mike DeWine!  Initially Governor DeWine postponed the scheduled execution of Warren Keith Henness; later he stopped other scheduled executions indefinitely. The governor … Continue reading →

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