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Category Archives: wrongful conviction
Eric Horn: Not Lured Away
Troy Beard lived near the home of the victim in Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case. It was the short distance to Beard’s apartment that Jeffrey Wogenstahl drove Eric Horn in the early hours of November 24, 1991.[i] At Jeff’s trial, Horn claimed … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, drug trafficking, Eric Horn, false testimony, Hamilton Court of Common Pleas, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, July 2019, jurors, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, Troy Beard, unreliable witnesses, USA, wrongful convictions
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No reasonable fact finder would have found him guilty
At long last a court has taken seriously Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s claim that his trial was unfair!* The United States Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit has sent Jeff’s case back to the district court. The focus of the district … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged Amber Garrett, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eric Horn, flawed hair testimony, hair analysis, Hamilton County, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, September 2018, Southern District of Ohio Court, suppressed evidence, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, USA, wrongful conviction
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What the State Suppressed about Justin Horn*
According to Peggy Garrett’s testimony, Justin Horn (Peggy’s son) was away from their apartment for the weekend when her daughter, Amber, went missing. Peggy stated that Justin left on the Friday afternoon, and did not return until about 3 pm … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justin Horn, official misconduct, Ohio, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged Amber Garrett, capital punishment, death penalty, December 2017, Eric Horn, Hamilton County, Hamilton County Prosecutor's office, Harrison, Harrison Police Department, impeaching evidence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justin Horn, official misconduct, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, police records, USA, wrongful conviction
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A Dirty Secret
It is a “dirty secret”, known by few, that the American death penalty system is “specifically engineered to ensure that those who are convicted stay convicted, guilty or not.”[i] This is how it works. Death sentences routinely result from poor defense … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, habeas corpus petition, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, torture, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged capital punishment, Catch-22, clear and convincing evidence, death penalty, death row, defense lawyers, federal court, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, new evidence, October 2017, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, reasonable diligence, Richard North Patterson, torture, USA, wrongful conviction
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Amber’s Disappearance: Evidence Suppressed
The prosecution in Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case advanced the theory that the victim, Amber Garrett, was snatched hastily from her bed as she slept. However, it appears that to convince the jurors of this theory, prosecutors suppressed significant evidence.* This evidence … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, suppressed evidence, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged Amber Garrett, Bright Indiana, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, impeached testimony, Indiana, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, June 2017, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Wogenstahl, wrongful conviction
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Oral Argument: April 4, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 will be an important day for Jeffrey Wogenstahl. Oral argument has been scheduled for that day,* to consider whether his Ohio trial court lacked jurisdiction to try him (Jeff has a strong case that because the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Indiana, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, oral argument, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged 1993, capital punishment, death penalty, Hamilton County, Indiana, injustice, innocence, January 2017, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, oral argument, prosecutorial misconduct, subject-matter jurisdiction, suppressed evidence, trial, USA, wrongful conviction
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Another Critical Report
It is painful to read the 2015 Forensic Pathology report* about Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case, as it focuses on the brutal murder of a child, and the disposal of her body. The report, submitted by Carl Schmidt in February 2015, is … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death row, forensic pathology, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged Amber Garrett, capital punishment, Carl Schmidt, criminal justice, death penalty, December 2016, forensic pathology, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, police investigations, Supreme Court of Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
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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
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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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