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Category Archives: prosecutorial misconduct
What the State Suppressed about Jeff’s Cat*
When Jeffrey Wogenstahl became a suspect in the murder of Amber Garrett his apartment was searched, and testing was performed on various blood traces found there: the only confirmed human blood did not match the blood of the victim. Testing … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Hamilton County, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurors, miscarriages of justice, official misconduct, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, blood evidence, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Hamilton County, Hamilton County Coroner's Office, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, June 2018, jurors, jury, official misconduct, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, Serological Research Institute, suppressed evidence, trial, USA
Hamilton on the Map
Hamilton County, Ohio, is where Jeffrey Wogenstahl was sentenced to death for a murder that he says he did not commit. An interactive map showing all US counties now confirms Sister Helen Prejean’s words: “Hamilton County kind of stands out.” … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death sentences, Hamilton County, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, April 2018, Brandon Garrett, capital punishment, criminal justice, Cuyahoga county, death penalty, Death Penalty Information Center, death sentences, End of its Rope, Hamilton County, Jeff Gamso, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, Robert Dunham, Sister Helen Prejean, USA
Not Snatched from her Bed
The prosecutor at Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s trial used his closing argument to impress on the jury that the victim, Amber Garrett, was grabbed from her bed in the middle of the night: “[W]e know from the evidence that Amber Garrett was … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged Amber Garrett, April 2018, Bright Indiana, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, evidence suppressed, Indiana, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, misled jury, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, prosecutorial misconduct, suppressed evidence, unfair trials, USA, wrongful convictions
Hamilton County: Vigilance Needed
Hamilton County, where Jeffrey Wogenstahl was tried, imposes the death penalty more frequently than the other counties in Ohio, and has more death row inmates than most of the over 3000 counties that make up the USA. Why is this? … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Hamilton County, Hamilton County Prosecutor's office, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged Andrew Welsh-Huggins, capital punishment, Daryll Gumm, death penalty, Derrick Jamison, executions, February 2018, Hamilton County, Hamilton County Prosecutor's office, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, justice system, Michael Bies, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, Raymond Tibbetts, Ross Geiger, Terry Collins, USA
A Terrible Old Rule
This summer Samuel Gross highlighted “a terrible old rule that has done great harm to the accuracy of criminal trials, and will continue to do so.” This rule has played a significant role in preventing Jeffrey Wogenstahl from receiving justice. Gross … Continue reading
Posted in Brady evidence, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurors, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged Brady evidence, capital punishment, Constitution, criminal justice, death penalty, drug trafficking, Eric Horn, exculpatory evidence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, judges, jurors, key witness, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, prosecutors, Samuel Gross, September 2017, USA, wrongful convictions
What the State Suppressed about Eric Horn
Suppressed police records relating to Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case reveal much about Eric Horn (brother of the victim, Amber Garrett). The records show that two weeks before Amber disappeared, Horn said that he hated his sister and wished she was dead;* … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eric Horn, Hamilton County, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eric Horn, February 2017, Hamilton County, Harrison Police Department, hypnosis, impeached testimony, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, jurors, Ohio, polygraph, prosecutorial misconduct, suppressed evidence, USA
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Revelations from Police File
Thanks to the persistence of his legal team, Jeffrey Wogenstahl has successfully accessed what is asserted to be the full and complete Harrison Police Department file on his case. Until May 2016, most of this information had been withheld from … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Hamilton County Prosecutor's office, Harrison Police Department, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, official misconduct, Ohio, police, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, Bruce Wheeler, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eric Horn, Hamilton County Prosecutor's office, Harrison Police Department, illegal drugs, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justin Horn, October 2016, official misconduct, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Not Indicative of a Murderer
One of the filings from Jeffrey Wogenstahl that is now before the Ohio Supreme Court supports his claim of innocence. This claim was dismissed by the Hamilton County Court of Appeals last December, a decision which has been roundly criticized for … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, perjured testimony, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, August 2016, capital punishment, death penalty, drug offences, Eric Horn, FBI Testimony on Microscopic Hair Analysis, Hamilton County Court of Appeals, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, MHCA Review, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, perjury, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
Police Records Withheld
In any criminal case, police records and summaries are very important; if the case has a history of egregious state misconduct, access to those records becomes critically urgent. If the case that has been tainted by misconduct is a death … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, police, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged capital punishment, Complaint for Writ of Mandamus, criminal law, death penalty, death row, Hamilton County Prosecutor's office, Harrison Police Department, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, July 2016, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, police misconduct, police records, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
Premeditated Attempted Murder
A federal judge described the prosecutorial misconduct in Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case as “wholly improper” and “plain and plentiful”.* Despite this, and despite additional recent evidence which supports Jeff’s claim of innocence, he was given an execution date (stayed two months … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged America’s Top Five Deadliest Prosecutors: How Overzealous Personalities Drive The Death Penalty, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Fair Punishment Project, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, John Thompson, July 2016, Louisiana, murder, Ohio, prosecutor immunity, prosecutorial misconduct, prosecutors, US Supreme Court, USA, wrongful convictions
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