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Recent News:
- Hamilton County: a Win-at-all-cost Mentality December 21, 2025
- Seven Years On September 4, 2025
- New Case Summary Page February 27, 2025
- Indiana State Police: Records Suppressed February 14, 2025
- Evidentiary Hearing Day 5: The Speck of Blood November 17, 2024
- Evidentiary Hearing: Day 4 October 19, 2024
- Evidentiary Hearing: Day 3 October 18, 2024
- Evidentiary Hearing: Day 2 October 17, 2024
- Evidentiary Hearing Begins October 16, 2024
- “A Political Seizure of Power” October 2, 2024
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Tag Archives: jurors
Evidentiary Hearing: Day 3
Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s evidentiary hearing continued on Thursday, October 17, 2024. A forensic pathologist stated that in his opinion two people were involved in the murder of Amber Garrett. His statement contradicts the state’s theory that Jeff committed the murder and … Continue reading
Eric Horn: Not Lured Away
Troy Beard lived near the home of the victim in Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case. It was the short distance to Beard’s apartment that Jeffrey Wogenstahl drove Eric Horn in the early hours of November 24, 1991.[i] At Jeff’s trial, Horn claimed … Continue reading
Wogenstahl is actually innocent.
Jeffrey Wogenstahl has filed a claim of actual innocence* in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas. The standard to be met for such a claim is very high, requiring that: “evidence not available or presented at trial, in combination … Continue reading
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
Shadow of Execution Date Lifted
Jeffrey Wogenstahl has been granted an indefinite stay of execution by the Ohio Supreme Court (see Supreme Court of Ohio Case Announcements October 24, 2018): 1995-0042. State v. Wogenstahl. Hamilton App. No. C-930222. On appellant’s motion to reopen direct appeal. Motion … Continue reading
Ripples of Sorrow
Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s trial was held in 1993. The following year in the state of Mississippi, another capital murder trial took place which was to change the life of one of the jurors forever.* In July, 1994, Lindy Lou Isonhood found … Continue reading
Amber Garrett: Sold for Fifteen Hundred Dollars?
The prosecutors at Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s trial suppressed reports suggesting that Amber Garrett’s mother, Peggy, sold Amber for fifteen hundred dollars to pay off drug debts.[i] Peggy Garrett’s drug selling and use were known to Jeff’s prosecutors, but they failed to … Continue reading
Fundamental Flaws
We are pleased to report that Ohio Governor John Kasich has commuted the death sentence of Raymond Tibbetts to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Citing “fundamental flaws” at the sentencing stage of Tibbetts’ trial, the Governor explained: “[T]he … Continue reading
What the State Suppressed about Jeff’s Cat*
When Jeffrey Wogenstahl became a suspect in the murder of Amber Garrett his apartment was searched, and testing was performed on various blood traces found there: the only confirmed human blood did not match the blood of the victim. Testing … Continue reading
William T. Montgomery: Cause for Alarm
In Ohio, the machinery of execution continues on its relentless trajectory: no sooner have the death row inmates relaxed a little after the tension surrounding one execution date than another date looms. Next in line is William T. Montgomery, who … Continue reading