Category Archives: wrongful convictions

Police Bias

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Justice for Willie

Hillary Clinton seemed extremely uncomfortable when confronted by Ricky Jackson earlier this month about her support for the death penalty. This is not surprising: Jackson’s wrongful death sentence four decades ago was the direct result of Ohioan police coercing a 12 … Continue reading →

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Another New Execution Date

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Jeffrey Wogenstahl was handed a letter on Monday telling him his execution date has been postponed from November 16 2016 to September 13 2017.  At first the news seemed wonderful –the pressure on his lawyers is decreased. Today came the backlash, … Continue reading →

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A Shameful List of Scheduled Barbarity

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Ohio now has execution dates for 24 people, which is more than any other state. The dates stretch ahead far into 2019, a shameful list of scheduled barbarity. In setting execution dates long in advance Ohio piles on the torture, forcing inmates to … Continue reading →

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I’m not going to watch the poor thing starve

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Death row is a sombre place, but there is plenty of time to see things that would go unremarked by the rest of us. On Ohio’s death row at Chillicothe Correctional Institution, Jeffrey Wogenstahl was watching a starling with a … Continue reading →

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A Bitter Blow

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The Glossip v. Gross ruling is a bitter blow for death penalty opponents. A deeply divided and acrimonious US Supreme Court ruled 5:4 last week that: “Because the death penalty is constitutional there must be a constitutional way of carrying it … Continue reading →

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Death Penalty Errors

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The repeal of the death penalty in Nebraska last month was described by Andrea Lyon in the New York Daily News as a ‘Nixon-visits-Red-China moment’: in over 40 years no other conservative state has abolished the death penalty. Libertarian-minded conservatives formed … Continue reading →

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Eyewitness Misidentification

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Justice for Willie

At the time of Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s trial the law had not yet embraced the concerns about eye witness identification that scientists had been highlighting for years. It was only when DNA exonerations flagged up the prevalence of misidentification even when … Continue reading →

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Deafening Alarm Bells

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Justice for Willie

In August 2013, Jeffrey Wogenstahl received a letter from the Department of Justice informing him that an FBI expert’s hair testimony in his case exceeded the limits of science, and should be discounted. It seems that Jeff is far from … Continue reading →

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The Insanity of Prosecutors; the Indifference of Judges

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Many people have spoken about the injustice of the death penalty, but rarely do we hear about it from a prosecutor. However, last week Marty Stroud, a former prosecutor in Louisiana, bravely spoke out against what he sees as an … Continue reading →

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Enjoying Simple Pleasures

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The recent snow in Ohio has been a source of great enjoyment for Jeff. He was able to go outside three times while snow was on the ground, and each time he was moved by the experience: “JUST CAME BACK … Continue reading →

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