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Court Disregards Petition Conditions, Allows Distrusted Prosecutor To Direct Tiller Grand Jury Wichita, KS – A grand jury was impaneled today and instructed that the prosecutor who would be directing the investigation of late-term abortionist George R. Tiller is Deputy District Attorney Ann Swegle. Swegle was involved in the 2006 grand jury that investigated Tiller in the 3rd trimester abortion death of Christin Gilbert, which failed to indict on four counts by only one vote. “It was because of Swegel’s handling of the ’06 grand jury that this petition specifically demanded that District Attorney Nola Foulston and anyone associated with her not be involved in the grand jury,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “We highly suspected monkey-business during that last grand jury and wanted to avoid the same kind of corruption with this one. “Over 7,500 people signed the grand jury petition under the condition that Foulston’s office and Morrison not be involved. Now, the courts hav...

Operation Rescue Files 11th Hour Motions To Remove District Attorney, AG From Abortion Grand Jury Wichita, KS – Operation Rescue filed two motions in Sedgwick County District Court late today to block District Attorney Nola Foulston and disgraced Attorney General Paul Morrison from participating in a grand jury set to convene tomorrow to investigate late-term abortionist George R. Tiller. “We are seeking to intervene to insure that the will of the 7,500 citizens of Sedgwick County who demanded the grand jury is respected, and that the integrity of this grand jury remains intact,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman, who filed the motions along with Mark Geitzen, who represents the petition signers. Kansas allows for citizens to petition the courts for grand jury investigations. The petition that was approved to convene the Tiller grand jury included a clause that demanded that neither Foulston nor Attorney General Paul Morrison, both supporters of abortion, be allowed to partic...