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Tag Archives: Ohioans to Stop Executions
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
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
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, false testimony, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, official misconduct, Ohio, prodecutorial misconduct, USA, William T. Montgomery
Tagged Amnesty International, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Federal judges, Governor John Kasich, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurors, March 2018, miscarriages of justice, Ohio, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, Ohioans to Stop Executions, police records, prosecutorial misconduct, suppressed evidence, unreliable testimony, USA, William T. Montgomery
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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
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
Risk of Intolerable Pain and Suffering
For death penalty opponents, whose stance is no longer opposed by the majority of the US population, today is a very sad day: the Ohio Attorney General’s office has announced that it wishes executions to resume in January. What is more, the new lethal … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal-injection drugs, midazolam, Ohio, USA
Tagged botched executions, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Dennis McGuire, executions, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, lethal injections, midazolam, October 2016, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, potassium chloride, rocuronium bromide, US Supreme Court, USA
Ohio’s Death Penalty: Flawed Public Policy
It is clear that Ohio’s lawmakers have no wish to mend the state’s flawed death penalty system. An OTSE (Ohioans to Stop Executions) report* has outlined how “abysmal” the efforts of Ohio’s leaders have been in bringing about change to … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA
Tagged A Relic of the Past: Ohio’s Dwindling Death Penalty, capital punishment, death penalty, executions, eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, official misconduct, Ohio, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohioans to Stop Executions, OTSE, perjury, prosecutors, September 2016, snitch testimony, USA, wrongful convictions
More than just Innocence
Speaking at Ohio’s Death Penalty Lobby Day last week, Ohio Republican Sen. Bill Seitz of Cincinnati assured death penalty opponents that he is “very, very dedicated” to doing “everything humanly possible to ensure that an innocent person is not subjected to death … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Penalty Lobby Day, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Ohioans to Stop Executions, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged April 2016, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Penalty Lobby Day, Department of Justice, FBI hair testimony, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Martin LeFevre, Ohio, Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, Ohioans to Stop Executions, prosecutorial misconduct, Sen. Bill Seitz, Terry Collins, USA, wrongful convictions
