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Tag Archives: Governor Kasich
A Time of Elevated Torture
Robert Van Hook has been on Ohio’s death row longer than Jeffrey Wogenstahl. The state plans to kill Van Hook on Wednesday, July 18. He has extended family and friends who will mourn his death; they are the unintended victims … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, mental illness, Ohio, Robert Van Hook, USA
Tagged borderline personality disorder, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Governor Kasich, Hamilton County, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, July 2018, mental illness, mitigation, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, OTSE, post-traumatic stress disorder, Robert Van Hook, substance abuse disorder, torture, USA
Governor Kasich Knows
Raymond Tibbetts is due to be executed by the state of Ohio on February 13. Tibbetts suffered “toxic stress” during a traumatic and chaotic childhood, which “negatively affected the development of [his] brain, leading it to become wired in very … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, defense attorneys, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurors, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, prodecutorial misconduct, Raymond Tibbetts, USA
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death sentence, executions, February 2018, Governor John Kasich, Governor Kasich, Hamilton County, ineffective trial counsel, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurors, life without the possibilityof parole, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Ohio Parole Board, prosecutorial misconduct, Ray Tibbetts, Raymond Tibbetts, Ross Geiger, USA
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More Victims and More Grieving Families
September 13, 2017 was to have been Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s day of execution. Following a rescheduling, the date has been reallocated to Gary Otte.[i] Otte differs from Jeff in having no claim of innocence. Nonetheless, Otte’s case highlights many concerns about … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Gary Otte, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, mitigating factors, Ohio, USA
Tagged Amnesty International, capital punishment, clemency, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Gary Otte, Governor Kasich, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Mariette Jaeger-Lane, mitigating factors, Ohio, Ohio Parole Board, Oklahoma City bombing, September 2017, Tim McVeigh, USA, victims
Ronald Phillips: Breakdown of Criminal Justice
A ruling by a federal court makes it more likely that executions will resume in Ohio on July 26, despite warnings that the state’s drug protocol could cause immense pain. The first person due to face this pain is Ronald Phillips.[i] Phillips … Continue reading
Posted in attorneys, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, mitigating factors, mitigation, Ohio, prison staff, Ronald Phillips, USA
Tagged American Civil Liberties Union, attorneys, childhood abuse, criminal justice, death row inmates, execution drugs, executions, Governor Kasich, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, July 2017, jurors, mitigating factors, Ohio, personality disorder, prison staff, psychologists, Ronald Phillips, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, USA
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
A Critical Turning Point
Last week the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, announced it was prohibiting the use of its chemicals as execution drugs. It thus brought the US death penalty to a new juncture. As the human rights organisation, Reprieve, commented: “This is a critical turning … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged capital punishment, compounding pharmacies, death penalty, death row, execution drugs, executions, FDA, Governor Kasich, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal injections, lethal-injection drugs, May 2016, Ohio, Pfizer, pharmaceuticals, Reprieve, USA
Governor Kasich’s Duty
Pope Francis made a personal appeal to Catholic leaders worldwide last month: he asked them to make “a courageous and exemplary gesture” by not carrying out executions during the Church’s current “Holy Year of Mercy”. The Pope wants all people – … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, Catholicism, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Pope Francis, USA, Wogenstahl
Tagged capital punishment, Catholic, Catholic Conference of Ohio, Catholicism, criminal justice, death penalty, defense attorneys, Governor Kasich, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jury members, March 2016, Melinda Elkin-Dawson, murder victims' families, Ohio, Pope Francis, prison staff, Sister Helen Prejean, USA, Wogenstahl, wrongful convictions
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A Shameful List of Scheduled Barbarity
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
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, murder victims' families, official misconduct, Ohio, torture, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged AEDPA, capital punishment, death penalty, executions, exonerations, Governor Kasich, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, murder victims, murder victims' families, official misconduct, Ohio, Oklahoma City bombing, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, September 2015, Texas, torture, USA, victims, wrongful convictions
Death Penalty Victims
The Governor of Ohio, Governor Kasich, supports the death penalty because he feels that it provides justice and closure to the grieving families of murder victims.* Perhaps he should talk to Melinda Dawson†, whose mother was brutally murdered in Barberton, … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Governor Kasich, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, murder victims' families, Ohio, USA, victims
Tagged Bud Walsh, capital punishment, death penalty, Governor Kasich, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, June 2015, Lester Bower, Melinda Dawson, murder victims' families, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, Oklahoma City bombing, political gain, Pope Francis, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutors, Terry Collins, Texas, Timothy McVeigh, USA
