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Tag Archives: wrongful conviction
No reasonable fact finder would have found him guilty
At long last a court has taken seriously Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s claim that his trial was unfair!* The United States Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit has sent Jeff’s case back to the district court. The focus of the district … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged Amber Garrett, capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Eric Horn, flawed hair testimony, hair analysis, Hamilton County, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, September 2018, Southern District of Ohio Court, suppressed evidence, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, USA, wrongful conviction
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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
Posted in drugs, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurors, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, prodecutorial misconduct, suppressed evidence, USA
Tagged Amber Garrett, August 2018, drug debts, drug trafficking, evidence suppressed, Indiana, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurors, LSD, Methaqualone, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, police records, prosecutorial misconduct, suppressed evidence, trial, USA, wrongful conviction
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What the State Suppressed about Justin Horn*
According to Peggy Garrett’s testimony, Justin Horn (Peggy’s son) was away from their apartment for the weekend when her daughter, Amber, went missing. Peggy stated that Justin left on the Friday afternoon, and did not return until about 3 pm … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justin Horn, official misconduct, Ohio, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged Amber Garrett, capital punishment, death penalty, December 2017, Eric Horn, Hamilton County, Hamilton County Prosecutor's office, Harrison, Harrison Police Department, impeaching evidence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justin Horn, official misconduct, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, police records, USA, wrongful conviction
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A Dirty Secret
It is a “dirty secret”, known by few, that the American death penalty system is “specifically engineered to ensure that those who are convicted stay convicted, guilty or not.”[i] This is how it works. Death sentences routinely result from poor defense … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, habeas corpus petition, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, torture, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged capital punishment, Catch-22, clear and convincing evidence, death penalty, death row, defense lawyers, federal court, injustice, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, new evidence, October 2017, Ohio, prosecutorial misconduct, reasonable diligence, Richard North Patterson, torture, USA, wrongful conviction
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Amber’s Disappearance: Evidence Suppressed
The prosecution in Jeffrey Wogenstahl’s case advanced the theory that the victim, Amber Garrett, was snatched hastily from her bed as she slept. However, it appears that to convince the jurors of this theory, prosecutors suppressed significant evidence.* This evidence … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, suppressed evidence, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged Amber Garrett, Bright Indiana, capital punishment, Chillicothe Correctional Institution, criminal justice, death penalty, death row, impeached testimony, Indiana, innocence, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, June 2017, Ohio, Peggy Garrett, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Wogenstahl, wrongful conviction
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The Dilemma of the Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court has denied* Jeff’s motion to remand his case to the trial court. This motion had asked the court to allow all Jeff’s legal challenges to be combined into one. The court has also declined to accept … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge O'Neill, Ohio Supreme Court, USA
Tagged capital punishment, case announcements, criminal justice, death penalty, flawed forensics, flawed hair testimony, forensic hair evidence, Harrison Police Department, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Justice O'Neill, March 2017, miscarriages of justice, new trial, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, US Department of Justice, USA, wrongful conviction
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Oral Argument: April 4, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 will be an important day for Jeffrey Wogenstahl. Oral argument has been scheduled for that day,* to consider whether his Ohio trial court lacked jurisdiction to try him (Jeff has a strong case that because the … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, criminal justice, death penalty, Indiana, injustice, innocence, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, oral argument, USA, wrongful conviction
Tagged 1993, capital punishment, death penalty, Hamilton County, Indiana, injustice, innocence, January 2017, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, jurisdiction, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court, oral argument, prosecutorial misconduct, subject-matter jurisdiction, suppressed evidence, trial, USA, wrongful conviction
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Deafening Alarm Bells
In August 2013, Jeffrey Wogenstahl received a letter from the Department of Justice informing him that an FBI expert’s hair testimony in his case exceeded the limits of science, and should be discounted. It seems that Jeff is far from … Continue reading
Posted in capital punishment, death penalty, FBI flawed forensic testimony, FBI hair testimony, flawed forensics, injustice, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Ohio, USA, wrongful convictions
Tagged 2015, April 2015, capital punishment, death penalty, death row, Douglas W Deedrick, FBI flawed forensics, FBI hair testimony, flawed forensics, Hamilton County Coroner's Office, injustice, Jeff Wogenstahl, Jeffrey Wogenstahl, Judge Karen Moore, Ohio, Peter Neufield, prosecutorial misconduct, USA, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction
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