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Tag Archives: Joe Deters
Joe Deters’ Omissions
A recent article about the current state of Ohio’s death penalty touches on the case of Jeffrey Wogenstahl. It allows us to glimpse the reaction of the lead prosecutor at Jeff’s trial, Joe Deters, to Jeff’s ongoing claim of innocence. … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, Ohio, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, April 2019, capital punishment, Cincinnati Enquirer, criminal justice, death penalty, Hamilton County, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, jurors, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
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What the State Suppressed about Eric Horn
Suppressed police records relating to Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case reveal much about Eric Horn (brother of the victim, Amber Garrett). The records show that two weeks before Amber disappeared, Horn said that he hated his sister and wished she was dead;* … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eric Horn, Hamilton County, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eric Horn, February 2017, Hamilton County, Harrison Police Department, hypnosis, impeached testimony, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, jurors, Ohio, polygraph, prosecutorial misconduct, suppressed evidence, USA
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Nitrogen Asphyxiation: “Are we really going to use it for people?”
John Murphy, executive director of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, supports the flawed criminal justice system that produced Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s death sentence. Murphy is unconcerned that a recent OTSE report about the Ohio death penalty concludes, “the only interest served is … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, executions, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, nitrogen asphyxiation, Ohio, prodecutorial misconduct, USA
Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, Dr. Jonathan Groner, professor of clinical surgery at Ohio State University College of Medicine, executions, Hamilton County, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, John Murphy, John Murphy executive director of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, nitrogen asphyxiation, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, September 2016, USA, wrongful convictions
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“Motion to recuse denied.”
Ohio Supreme Court Justice O’Neill has made it clear that he will not grant a request to remove himself from Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case. The judge explained: “…it would be a violation of my oath of office to ignore my obligation to … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Indiana, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, jurisdiction, Justice O'Neill, Ohio, USA
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, Indiana, Innocence Project, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, June 2016, jurisdiction, Justice Breyer, Justice Ginsburg, Justice William O'Neill, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, prosecutorial misconduct, recusal, US Supreme Court, USA, wrongful convictions
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“It’s not going to happen.”
Joe Deters, the prosecutor in Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case, has asked Justice O’Neill to remove himself from Jeff’s case because of his opposition to the death penalty. Legal expert, Martin Pinales, stated categorically, “It’s not going to happen.” He explained that the Ohio … Continue reading
Posted in criminal justice, death penalty, death row, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, death row, executions, forensic hair testimony, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, Justice O'Neill, Martin Pinales, May 2016, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, USA, wrongful convictions
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The Root of Unfairness
Joe Deters, Ohio’s Hamilton County lead prosecutor, is no stranger to unfairness in death penalty cases. In one of his cases, that of Jeffrey Wogenstahl, the misconduct of his own team of prosecutors has been described by Judge Moore as … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Hamilton County, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, judges, Ohio, prosecutor misconduct, Rayshawn Johnson, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged AEDPA, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, capital punishment, death penalty, December 2015, elected judges, Hamilton County, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, Judge Judith French, judges, Justice Breyer, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, Justice William O'Neill, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, OTSE, prosecutor misconduct, Rayshawn Johnson, USA
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Evolving Standards of Decency
There has been very good news on Ohio’s death row this month: one of the inmates, Rayshawn Johnson, has had his death sentence set aside. Even Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, who in 2006 dissented in a similar case, was swayed this … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Rayshawn Johnson, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged abuse, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice system, David Dow, death penalty, death row, evolving standards of decency, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, mitigating factors, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, Rayshawn Johnson, USA
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Prosecutors: Many Bad Apples
The Daily Beast’s series of articles on prosecutors this summer was alarming. This summary gives a taste of the content: “American prosecutors are powerful officials. They have the power to deprive people of their liberty, destroy their reputations, and even take … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, prosecutors, USA
Tagged capital punishment, convictions, death penalty, election, FBI hair testimony, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, Judge Alex Kozinski, judiciary, Mark Piepmeier, October 2015, Ohio, perjury, prosecutor immunity, prosecutor misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, prosecutors, Rick Gibbons, USA, wrongful convictions
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It would just be a shame if the truth isn’t told.
For those who believe there could be innocents on death row, a letter from Jeffrey Wogenstahl published last week makes disturbing and painful reading. Jeff is upfront about his past: he makes it plain that before his arrest for murder he … Continue reading
Posted in capital defense attorneys, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, false testimony, injustice, investigators, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, perjured testimony, prosecutorial misconduct, Uncategorized, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, capital defense lawyers, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, death penalty, death row, defense attorneys, defense lawyers, injustice, investigators, January 2015, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Joe Deters, jury, miscarriage of justice, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, wrongful convictions
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Justice for Jeffrey Wogenstahl 