Is there any more news on Mary Kellett?

johndias · 2011-06-30T18:16:50+00:00

Regarding my comment below, in which I suggested that if anyone wants to hold someone to account for Mary Kellett's abuses as the ADA against Vladek Filler (or against any other defendant in her prosecutorial jurisdiction), then they should focus not on Mary Kellett but rather on Kellett's boss, DA Carletta Bassano:

I wrote the following e-mail to Matthew J. Foster (who was Carletta Bassano's opponent in the 2010 elections). I asked him whether he planned on challenging Bassano again in the next election cycle. Check out my e-mail, and Foster's reply:

From: John Dias

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:05:59 -0700 (PDT)

To: Matt Foster

Subject: Are you planning on running again for DA against Carletta Bassano?

Dear Mr. Foster:

I am interested in whether you plan to challenge Carletta Bassano in the next election for District Attorney of Maine's 7th prosecutorial district. There is a discussion that has raged in the last few months regarding the abuse of Bassano's authority by one of her ADAs, namely Mary Kellet. Mary Kellett has become somewhat notorious for being a bit too quick to indict, and was even swatted down by Maine's state supreme court for violating the rights of one Vladek Filler, by suppressing evidence that would tend to help him and then using that suppression ruling to deceitfully claim to the jury that no such evidence ever existed. Filler was subsequently retried and beat the main charge against him, that being sexual assault.

Kellet has produced one massive mess under Carletta Bassano's watch, and this has significantly undermined the legitimacy of the DA's authority in the 7th district. I am interested in your future candidacy because Carletta Bassano has become a national symbol of a DA that abuses her authority in some cases, and also fails to utilize her authority in others, and therefore she must be replaced.

You came awfully close to defeating Bassano in 2010. May I ask if you might consider challenging her again? In my opinion, considering the verdict in the Filler trial and the rebuke of ADA Kellett from Maine's Supreme Court, Bassano is vulnerable.

There is a discussion of this on an internet forum, here: http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/iab6w/is_there_any_more_news_on_mary_kellett/

Would you care to weigh in? If not, could you at least indicate if you're considering running for DA again in the 7th PD? Thanks!

John Dias

From: Matt Foster

Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:13:39 +0000

To: John Dias

Subject: Re: Are you planning on running again for DA against Carletta Bassano?

Dear John:

I will definitely be running for District Attorney in the next election.

I would appreciate your support.

Thanks!

Matt Foster

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Title	Is there any more news on Mary Kellett?
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Date	June 27, 2011 1:35 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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