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Category Archives: wrongful convictions
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
Posted in Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, Conservative Political Action Conference, Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty, criminal justice, death penalty, expense, Hannah Cox, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, limiting government, March 2019, Ohio, sanctity of human life, tax dollars, USA, wrongful convictions
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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
Posted in Anthony Aponovitch, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, DNA testing, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged Anthony Aponovitch, appeals, capital punishment, criminal justice, Cuyahoga County Court, death penalty, death row, December 2018, DNA testing, execution, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Ohio Southern District Court, Ohio Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, USA, wrongful convictions
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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
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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
Posted in crime, criminal justice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, murder, Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged Amber Garrett, commutation, crime prevention, crimes, criminal justice, criminals, fighting crime, Frank Baumgartner, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Jennifer Thompson, life without the possibility of parole, March 2018, murder, Ohio, serial killers, USA, William T. Montgomery, wrongful convictions
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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
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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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Indiana, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2018, capital punishment, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, criminal justice, death penalty, death penalty appeals, Hamilton County, Indiana, injustice, January 2018, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, materiality rule, miscarriage of justice, Ohio, Supreme Court of Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
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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
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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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Indiana, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged Amber Garrett, August 2017, capital punishment, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, constitutionality, criminal justice, death penalty, Harrison, Indiana, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Justice French, Justice O'Neill, Ohio, R.C. 2901.11(D), Supreme Court of Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
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Incarcerated by Fellow Citizens
Those on death row suffer unimaginable torture; the inmates who have been wrongly convicted do so even more. Like kidnap victims, those with wrongful convictions have been seized and held against their will; but, unlike kidnap victims, they are not … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Ireland, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, post-traumatic stress disorder, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged April 2017, capital punishment, death penalty, death row, Florida, innocence, Ireland, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, kidnap, meditation, Ohio, Peter Pringle, post-traumatic stress disorder, Professor Gordon Turnbull, PTSD, Sunny Jacobs, USA, victims, wrongful convictions, yoga
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Tell Governor Kasich to stay executions.
Ohio has only paid lip service to the 56 recommendations of the Ohio Supreme Court’s Joint Task Force to Review the Administration of Ohio’s Death Penalty. A recent report found: “The death penalty in Ohio remains plagued by the very same … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged A Relic of the Past: Ohio’s Dwindling Death Penalty, capital punishment, criminal justice system, death penalty, executions, Governor Kasich, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joint Task Force to Review the Administration of Ohio’s Death Penalty, October 2016, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, pending executions, USA
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