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Tag Archives: 2015
A Necessary Motion
Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s most recent motion sent to the Ohio Supreme Court does not focus on Jeff’s innocence, but on whether his trial court had jurisdiction to try him. Jeff maintains his innocence, but the jurisdiction motion must also be filed. The … Continue reading
Posted in AEDPA, Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, capital punishment, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged 2015, AEDPA, Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, capital punishment, death penalty, habeas corpus relief, Indiana, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge Karen Moore, Justice Sotomayor, law, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, prosecutor misconduct, subject-matter jurisdiction, USA, wrongful convictions
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I’m not going to watch the poor thing starve
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
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, death row, incarceration, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prisons, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, August 2015, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, death penalty, death row, human rights violations, incarceration, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, prisons, USA, wrongful convictions
Eyewitness Misidentification
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
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, death row, eyewitness misidentification, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, capital punishment, death penalty, death row, DNA testing, exonerations, eyewitness identification, eyewitness misidentification, eyewitnesses, False Justice, identification lineups, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Jim Petro, May 2015, Nancy Petro, Ohio, police, Ronald Cotton, USA, wrongful convictions
Snitch Testimony, and the Magical Appearance of Hair
At Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s trial, testimony was given by a so-called ‘jailhouse snitch’, Bruce Wheeler, an informant who said he had heard Jeff confess to the murder of 10-year-old Amber Garrett. Why should we worry about this? Because, as Radley Balko … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, death row, FBI flawed forensics, jailhouse informants, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, snitch testimony, USA
Tagged 2015, Amber Garrett, capital punishment, Chris Fabricant Innocence Project, Clifford Zimmerman, death penalty, death row, FBI flawed forensics, jailhouse informants, jailhouse snitches, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, May 2015, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, Radley Balko, USA, wrongful convictions
Deafening Alarm Bells
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
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, FBI flawed forensic testimony, FBI hair testimony, flawed forensics, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, April 2015, capital punishment, death penalty, death row, Douglas W Deedrick, FBI flawed forensics, FBI hair testimony, flawed forensics, Hamilton County Coroner's Office, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge Karen Moore, Ohio, Peter Neufield, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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Ohioans to Stop Executions: Report 2015
Ohioans to Stop Executions (OTSE) has brought out its second annual report about the current state of the death penalty in Ohio. Jeffrey Wogenstahl is mentioned twice in this. The first time is in Justice O’Neill’s comments about the death penalty … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, death row, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, OTSE, sentencing, torture, USA
Tagged 2015, A Crumbling Institution: Why Ohio Must Fix or End the Death Penalty, April 2015, capital punishment, Constitution, death penalty, death row, death sentences, executions, Hamilton County, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joint Task Force to Review the Administration of Ohio’s Death Penalty, Joseph Deters, Julia Bates, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, OTSE, prosecutorial misconduct, prosecutors, sentencing, torture, USA
The Insanity of Prosecutors; the Indifference of Judges
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
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, death row, executions, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, judges, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, prosecutors, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, Attorney General, capital punishment, death penalty, death row, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Jim Petro, judges, juries, justice system, Louisiana, March 2015, Marty Stroud, Nancy Petro, Ohio, Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, prosecutors, Terry Collins, USA, wrongful convictions
Enjoying Simple Pleasures
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
Posted in capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, human rights abuse, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Oklahoma, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, human rights abuse, injustice, innocence, innocent, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, March 2015, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Oklahoma, Richard Glossip, USA, wrongful convictions
Innocent on Death Row
What does it feel like if you’re innocent on death row? Ricky Jackson should know the answer: he was released in November while under a sentence of life imprisonment without parole, but his incarceration began on Ohio’s death row. He … Continue reading
Posted in Anthony Aponovitch, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, human rights abuse, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Ricky Jackson, State misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, American justice system, Anthony Aponovitch, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, death penalty, death row, February 2015, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, justice system, Ohio, police misconduct, Ricky Jackson, Ronnie Bridgeman, State misconduct, USA, Wiley Bridgeman, wrongful convictions
