Could Sedgwick County see a real district attorney race this fall? In a SurveyUSA poll of 1,000 adults last weekend for KWCH, Channel 12, 19-year incumbent Democrat Nola Foulston garnered 51 percent support, compared with 45 percent for Republican Mark Schoenhofer. Beyond partisanship, the poll showed a strong preference for Foulston among women, 50-plus and pro-choice voters.
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That’s because Foulston sucks. She covered for Tiller and rational thinking people recognize that they don’t want somebody in office that picks and chooses which laws are enforced.
Foulston is going down.
For all of the 50-plus women and grandmothers – You need to look at Nola’s track record of protecting the children in Sedgwick County. if your grandchild is raped by a stranger or a family member – Nola will rarely prosecute these criminals and if she does prosecute, they get a short sentence so they will be back out on the streets to commit more crimes. She isn’t called “no file” Nola for nothing.
Remember, SRS Don Jordan said that the DA’s office bullies SRS soical workers into falsifying affadavits to remove children from their homes. Your grandchildren could be taken from your children and placed in fostercare on lies. It happens all the time. Vote smart for justice for children and families.
And the fact that she’s corrupt won’t bother liberals. But then again, this rag won’t report on her transgressions anyway, since they agree with them.
Question, when is hit and run not a crime? Answer, when Geroge Tiller is the alleged driver and Nola makes the decision.
Foulston has ben an empty suit for too many years. She started out as a tough DA and has gotten soft the longer she has been in office.
The Sec. of SRS was right on target when he said the DA’s office messes up on putting far too many children in fostercare than any other county in the state.
She has only prosecuted high profile cases. When she ran for office she told us she would be more hands on.
It is time for change. So let’s clean house and put in a new DA that will provide a fresh start and ideas.
Nola doesn’t enforce the laws fairly. Aside from being Tiller’s personal legal lackey, remember the Carr brothers? If ever there was a case that cried out for being prosecuted as a hate crime, that was it and as usual, Nola took a powder.
Then there’s the fact that she’s a liar. Remember when she said she hadn’t communicated with Phill Kline about the charges e was going to file and he popped up with her emails showing she had?
No morals, no integrity, her word means nothing, and applies the law willy nilly for the benefit of her cronies and political leanings. This bimbo should be the one being prosecuted, not soiling the office with her sluttish presence.
Too bad Wichita doesn’t have an honest newspaper. Maybe if it did it would also have an honest prosecutor.
I know for a FACT that Nola’s staff kept someone from testifying against the SRS, in a legislative hearing, in Topeka.
SRS, in Juvenile Court, was completely embarrassed. (Nola’s office is, pretty much, the mouth piece in court for the SRS) — The family involved proved that this was a malicious complaint, a false complaint, and won against all odds.
Then, an attorney in Nola’s office called to inform the mother of the children involved. She said to, “Be advised that the file on you is still open. We can decide to file a criminal case at any time.”
Needless to say, the mother had already had her children taken from her, for several days, and had just won them back. This mother was in contact with legislative friends, in Topeka.
After this phone call, this mother, of course, refused to talk to anyone about it, anymore.
Nola is corrupt.
“Nola is corrupt”. Absolutely. If your DA isn’t honest (and your city attorney is pretty much in the same political stable) the rule of law does not apply in Wichita.
The legal system in Kansas is corrupt from Sleepy McFarland all the way down to traffic court and it’s time to start cleaning the mess up.
Herbert_Spencer There is no rule of law in Sedgwick County – that goes for the judges that do the “behind the door dealings too.
You are right – it’s time to start cleaning the mess up.
One way is to remove people from office – let’s start right removing the one ones that we can right now and work to remove the rest in 2010.
ALL of the judges in juvenile court need to go and osme of the judges in district court.
Do write-ins — write in a name in place of the judges name that don’t have anyone running against them.
It’s time to make changes!!!!!
If you can’t find a real candidate to oppose the judges, coordinate a campaign to run Hannah Montana, or someone of that ilk for the office. If you can’t beat them, humiliate them and let them know that we know they’re all trash.
Franklin
It isn’t just the DA’s office that threatens and intimdates parents – it’s SRS and Youthville too.
There are numerous times where the DA’s office, SRS and Youthville have threatened parents with prosecution. This is done so no one will tell – this is the “confidentiality” that Nola talks about all the time. We don’t live in Russia or Germany or a third world country – OR DO WE???
We have Dictatorship and lawlessness. This is our country and the people that we vote into office work for us and it’s time that we took our country BACK!!!! VOTE FOR CHANGE!!!
an unusual deal to Henry Nelson, a local photographer charged with having sex with an 8-year-old.
Bennett would accept a guilty plea to aggravated indecent liberties, reduced from rape, if Nelson would turn over his computer so authorities could search it without having to obtain a warrant. Bennett agreed not to charge him with extra crimes, but he could use anything he found to argue for a harsher sentence. Nelson complied.
The search turned up 30,000 sexually explicit photographs of minors — the most ever found in Wichita.
At sentencing today, Nelson’s lawyers asked for probation. After hearing about the child porn collection, Judge Joseph Bribiesca sent Nelson to prison.
By Ron Sylvester Posted April 1, 2008 at 6:44 p.m. Tagged as child pornography, plea bargains, sentencing
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Plea turns up record child porn stashProsecutor Marc Bennett offered an unusual deal to Henry Nelson, a local photographer charged with having sex with an 8-year-old.
Prosecutor assigned to lead new trial unit Marc Bennett has been promoted to chief deputy district attorney to head a new trial division in Sedgwick County.
Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston announced this morning that Bennett would head a division that would concentrate on cases involving sex offenses and offenders, domestic violence,crimes against children and crimes against elderly or dependent adults.
By Ron Sylvester Posted June 17, 2008 at 11:22 a.m. Tagged as District Attorney’s office, Prosecutors, trials
She refuses to file on cases unless they are high profile like BTK or the Carr Brothers. She did not prosecute them because of good investigative work. BTK gave himself away. He was a slam dunk. So were the Carr Brothers as one eye witness lived to give the police the information needed.
Why does she not file on cases that have children involved? Like the 8 month old baby that was raped? That baby’s mother certainly couldn’t have been accused of coaching the child. Why did she make a deal with Henry Nelson who raped an eight year old child? Lots of other children’s cases are swept away or mishandled.
Whatever is her problem?
Unfortunatly this is all too familiar in Nola Foulston’s office. Children’s complaints and crimes against children are ignored or swept away by the one person who should be most interested in justice for the helpless victims.
Nola will not file on sexual abusers if they are in the family in some way. Francsico Javier Reyes was living with a family when he raped their 11 month old daughter….and will never be brought to justice for this crime.
Nola Foulston recently attempted to explain why she dismissed a warrant for the arrest of Fransico Javier Reyes, whom officers believe raped an eleven month old baby. Nola said that the United States Supreme Court decision in Crawford v.Washington prevents her from prosecuting Reyes, because the mother of the infant has died.
Crawford v. Washington was decided in 2004. On the other hand, this unthinkable crime occurred in 1991. Why did Nola use this case to not prosecute the baby’s rapist?
For thirteen years, Crawford did not stand in the way of prosecution. In any event, Nola didn’t mention all of the other strong evidence that would permit her to prosecute Reyes, despite Crawford.
Officers learned through their investigation that Reyes had been left alone with the child for no more than fifteen minutes. During that time, the baby’s stuffed toys were ripped off the wall, and the baby was beaten across her face and raped. A medical examiner concluded that the baby’s face was bruised and she had injuries to her genitals. Police obtained a tape recorded statement of Reyes.
Police also had established that Reyes was living with the family when this crime occurred. Had Reyes been arrested, he may have admitted guilt. They had his name, social security number and fingerprints. Now this man will never be tried for the rape of this baby. Nola lifted the warrent in May of 2007.
In any event, Nola Foulston had a case she could have presented to a jury. Experienced trial counsel knows “a reasonable inference of guilt may be established by circumstantial evidence for even the gravest offense.” State v. Boone, 277 Kan. 208, 208, 83 P.3d 195, 198 (2004).
Immediately, I realized that Sedgwick County would be different. I saw office of one moped while I was over there and that was such a shock in itself. Not long enough to try to get into Sedgwick County and back safely but long enough to get bored in the streets.
Sorry folks, all your blustering and righteous indignation are but wasted effort. Nola has punched her ticket and will probably be able to stay in office as long as she wants. She saved Tiller from the “evil” Phill Kline and has endeared herself to the people who count. Tiller could not exist without the help of his enablers like Foulston and Sebelius and Graves before her. The blue bloods of JOCO and Sedgwick CO will see to it that she is rewarded with money and favorable press. This opponent may make a good run at her, but in the end she will prevail. And so the circle continues in the abortion capital of the U.S. Tiller and the despicable Planned Parenthood spread their blood money around to keep the right judges and officials in office and they in turn protect him from those nasty pro lifers.
It’s time for Nola to go. Everyone knows that the most dangerous place in the courthouse is between Nola and a TV camera!
Chrisfrommactown,
You said:
Sorry folks, all your blustering and righteous indignation are but wasted effort. Nola has punched her ticket and will probably be able to stay in office as long as she wants.
If we all know thios and if the people vote for her opponent wouldn’t that get her out of office
Most of what I posted is public information although you have to search for it. People should be made aware of how the office is run. Put the word out to all your friends and family that their vote is important. We can change Wichita at the polls.
Your vote is impotant. Think long and hard about who you will give it to. Unless there is voter fraud we should be able to vote in or vote out anyone running. We are not helpless. Nola is not unopposed as before….we have a choice this time. Look over the choices and decide who would do a better job.
Talk to your family and friends, your sphere of influence about the importance of their vote. We can change Wichita one vote at a time.
TellTheTruth
Posted August 31, 2008 at 10:28 am | Permalink
Your vote is impotant.
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I’m sure you meant to say, “your vote is important” but talk about your “Freudian slip”.
I used to feel the way you do once upon a time. If only we could get the truth out to the public about these crooks and charlatans, they would turn out and vote the rascals out. Time however has proven how wrong I was. Unfortunately too many of our fellow citizens just don’t care or have lost faith in our system. Maybe this years different, but I doubt it.
Woman admits beating, killing of 19-month-old was intentional
A 25-year-old Wichita woman admitted Friday that she beat a 19-month-old boy she was baby-sitting, intending to kill him.
Heidi Dieball pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder before Sedgwick County District Judge Ben Burgess.
Dieball also pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse.
She said during her plea that she beat Andrew Haga twice while left alone with him in January. Then she said she administered a third beating to kill the toddler.
Andrew had been left with Dieball, his mother’s roommate, as she left for the night.
Prosecutor Kevin O’Connor told the judge that the autopsy results on Andrew were consistent with Dieball’s account.
County medical examiner Jaime Oeberst had reported that Andrew had at least 24 bruises on his head and multiple bruises on his chest, hips and stomach.
Oeberst determined that Andrew died of head injuries.
Because Dieball, originally charged with first-degree murder, pleaded to the lesser charge, she will face about 19 years in prison instead of a life sentence.
Burgess set sentencing for Oct. 24.
Frist degree murder whould not be plea bargained down to a lesser sentence – is it because Nola’s prosecutors CAN’T do their job or are just too lazy?
It it because the children have no value in the DA’s eyes?
Time for a change – tell 10 people to vote out Nola and why and ask them to tell 10 people and so on and so on. It’s time for a real District Attorney thst will prosecute criminals for the crimes that they committ.
“It is a CRIME when a crime is not prosecuted” TO THE FULLEST!!!!!
TTT – if you can prove your claims then you should not only be able to get Foulston defeated but disbarred as well. So – go out and prove them. As for the Dieball case I too wonder why the plea bargain. Of course, if they but Dieball in the general population …
I can prove my claims concerning not only Foulston,but Pilshaw,Ladner,Ware,and a host of persons who violated Federal & State Law during a multiple year period. The problem is not the evidence,it is finding a just forum to prosecute these nefarious officials in SG county. This newspaper will never do an investigative report BECAUSE the answers are already known and filed right next to the knee pads for bowing at the Courthouse and DA’s office!
bth
Posted August 31, 2008 at 10:45 pm | Permalink
TTT – if you can prove your claims then you should not only be able to get Foulston defeated but disbarred as well. So – go out and prove them. As for the Dieball case I too wonder why the plea bargain. Of course, if they but Dieball in the general population …
The comments I posted came from Ron Sylvestor’s site. That is all public knowledge…You just have to look. Oh yeah it can be proved.
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