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Tag Archives: mitigating factors
An Unseemly Spectacle
Alva Campbell is next in line to be executed by the State of Ohio.* For the last month of his life, Campbell will have been intensely monitored: two corrections officers watch him round the clock to ensure there is no … Continue reading
Posted in Alva Campbell, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, mitigating factors, mitigation, Ohio, torture, USA
Tagged Alva Campbell, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, death watch, forensic psychologist, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, mitigating factors, mitigation, October 2017, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, sociologist, torture, USA
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
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
