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- “The Real Killer” Podcast April 17, 2023
- Justice Joseph T. Deters March 17, 2023
- Half a Lifetime Ago November 23, 2022
- Thirty Long Years November 24, 2021
- Peggy Garrett Acting Weird October 10, 2021
- Optimism in Ohio February 20, 2021
- Jeff’s 60th Birthday November 23, 2020
- 2020 US Election October 10, 2020
- Covid-19 on Death Row August 6, 2020
- Excessive and Inhuman July 31, 2020
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Category Archives: wrongful convictions
“The Real Killer” Podcast
Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case has been brought to the attention of a wider audience through a podcast, Episode 7 of “The Real Killer”. The episode’s title, “A Caricature, a Travesty, an Obscenity”, refers to the perversion of justice caused by prosecutorial … Continue reading
Thirty Long Years
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
Conservatives Opposing the Death Penalty
A Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) seems an unlikely setting for action against the US death penalty: conservatives have hitherto been associated with an unthinking “tough on crime” philosophy that included support for capital punishment. Perhaps all this is set … Continue reading
Scope for Pitfalls Ahead
2018 has brought Jeffrey Wogenstahl a huge breakthrough – a federal court decision that spelled out the travesty that was his trial. As Jeff knows only too well, however, there is scope for pitfalls ahead. If he needed any proof … Continue reading
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
A Guilty Person Committing More Crimes
We are very pleased that William T. Montgomery is no longer on Ohio’s death row: his death sentence has been commuted to one of life without the possibility of parole. Like Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Montgomery claims he has been wrongly convicted; away from … Continue reading
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
A Tremendous Error
The Ohio Supreme Court has again rejected Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s claim that Ohio did not have jurisdiction to try him. The court’s decision,[i] announced last month, is mystifying. The state did not file a rebuttal of the points made by Jeff … Continue reading
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
Chief Justice O’Connor’s Detailed Appraisal
In a 5:2 decision, the Supreme Court of Ohio has rejected Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s claim that Ohio lacked jurisdiction to try him for murder.* In order to reach their decision, the judges examined the state’s theory of events surrounding the murder … Continue reading