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Tag Archives: DNA testing
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
The USA: A Shameful Record
The USA has a poor reputation when it comes to executions. A report* by Amnesty International found the following: -Most UN member states were execution-free last year;** but the USA continued to execute. -The USA was the only one of … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, revenge, USA
Tagged Amnesty International, Arkansas, death sentences, DNA testing, executions, G8, injustice, intellectual disabilities, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ledell Lee, lethal injection chemicals, lethal injections, May 2017, Ohio, Organization of American States, revenge, UN, US Supreme Court, USA
DNA Tests: Errors Occur
DNA testing is never more than part of the evidence for a case. Continue reading
Posted in DNA testing, forensics, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, Wogenstahl
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, death row, DNA testing, exculpatory evidence, February 2016, forensics, homicides, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Nathan Robinson, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, The Truth Machine, USA, William Thompson, Wogenstahl, 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
