THE HUMAN SOLUT ION INT ERNATIONAL • ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SUPPORT TEAM

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September 1, 2015

VIA E-MAIL, U.S. MAIL AND FACSIMILE Mr. Marc Bennett Office of the District Attorney 18th Judicial District of Kansas 535 N. Main Wichita, KS 67203 Re: Sedgwick County District Attorney Policies Dear Mr. Bennett: Once again, I find myself writing to you on behalf of numbers of people who have, based on your office’s misguided continuation of failed policies, been improperly charged, convicted and imprisoned in Kansas. Prosecutions of people who should never face criminal charges and incarceration are ongoing while your office has refused to file charges against the active Chief of Police, Nelson Mosley. As you are well aware, Chief Mosley was dating an emergency department nurse who, after he brutally attacked and injured her, contacted the Wichita Police Department, filed a domestic violence report and sought a protective order through the police. I am now in receipt of a report showing that the report filed by officers for that incident failed to include Chief Mosley’s name and instead referred to him as a “Known Subject.” Thereafter, the protective order request filed by her was not processed by the department and finally your office decided to refuse charges against the acting Chief. In an attempt to obtain additional information, I learned that the Wichita Police Department maintains a set of “Confidential Files” that include records on “high profile” cases and individuals with political connections. I have further learned that the department excludes records and information contained in those “Confidential Files” from KORA requests. Given the former chief resigned following an investigation by attorney Sarah Swain that uncovered he was on the “Brady Cop” list, the utter lack of transparency here is deplorable. It is made worse by the fact that acting Chief Mosley apparently attacked another woman while in Oklahoma on a “float trip” with a band of drunk and power hungry fellow officers. I am concerned that your office would fail to bring charges

 

Mr. Marc Bennett September 1, 2015 Page Two against Chief Mosley in the first incident which very likely resulted in his belief he was above the law so he could engage in similar conduct and abuse another female while in Oklahoma. Recently, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey created a new department dedicated to finding and undoing convictions that were unjust or wrongfully obtained. Several other district attorneys in major cities have done the same thing. Given your office’s use of the witch-hunt like “Finding Words” system – an unproven method that has led to countless convictions including convictions under absurd reactionary laws imposing life sentences based solely on stories urged by the overzealous family social workers operating to preserve their own jobs – a method that is akin to subornation of perjury -- the justice seeking division I am suggesting is necessary in Sedgwick County to undo injustices that are harming innocent people now incarcerated, costing taxpayers millions of dollars annually and ruining families. Given your decision to proceed with felony murder charges against Kyler Carriker despite my July letter, I am very concerned you will allow misconduct and lack of transparency to continue. Indeed, your public characterization of your job is not in-line with the professional ethics you are required to follow in Kansas -- as a prosecutor, you are to do justice and find the truth – not charge and convict people so you look good to your fanatical religious friends. You have the ability to follow the law and to do what is right, Mr. Bennett. It is time for you to do that for all of the citizens of Sedgwick County -- not just political allies and people in positions of power including Chief Mosley. Very truly yours, THE HUMAN SOLUTION INT’L Matthew S. Pappas Counsel and Member of the Board of Directors MSP:jm cc: Joe Grumbine, President and Chairman, THIS Derek Schmidt, Kansas Attorney General