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| '''Ed Kosiski''' is an American ] who won the ] ] national championship in 1998.<ref name="StarsBorn_E_Kosiski">Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing''. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 111-116.</ref> | '''Ed Kosiski''' is an American ] who won the ] ] national championship in 1998.<ref name="StarsBorn_E_Kosiski">Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing''. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 111-116.</ref> | ||
| Driving a family-owned ] ] |
Driving a family-owned ] ], Kosiski won 16 of the 18 races that he entered at a one-third-mile clay race track in ].<ref name="StarsBorn_E_Kosiski" /> | ||
| As part of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Weekly Series in 2006, Kosiski was named one of the series' All Time Top 25 drivers.<ref name="StarsBorn_Top25">Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing''. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 163-170.</ref> |
As part of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Weekly Series in 2006, Kosiski was named one of the series' All Time Top 25 drivers.<ref name="StarsBorn_Top25">Schaefer, Paul. ''Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing''. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 163-170.</ref> He currently owns and operates ] in ].{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} | ||
| On 22 December 2011, Ed Kosiski was sentenced to 8 to 16 years in prison after pleading "no contest" in September 2011. The plea was entered as the result of a plea agreement with prosecutors who conceded they did not have any evidence to support the original charge of sexual assault of a child filed in January 2011. The State's case was not only hampered by a lack of evidence, but also suffered from a lack of credible witnesses. Kosiski's relenting to a plea deal was the fruition of strategies implemented by prosecutors to get a conviction while avoiding a trial at all costs. These strategies included withholding discovery materials from the defense, using media to promote rumors in an attempt to embarrass and disrupt the defendant and manipulating legal procedures to cause delays to due process to further wear out the defense while increasing the defendant's legal fees in the process. | |||
| On 22 December 2011, Ed Kosiski was sentenced to 8 to 16 years in prison as part of a plea agreement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://omaha.com/article/20110907/NEWS97/709079922 |title=Track owner facing prison – |publisher=omaha.com |date=7 September 2011 |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref> related to a charge of attempted sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/136108213.html |title=Sex Addict Sentenced – |publisher=wowt.com |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2011}}</ref> Mr. Kosiski was arrested and charged as a result of a Federal investigation ("Project Innocence Lost") into a child prostitution ring operating in Omaha, NE and Council Bluffs, IA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://omaha.com/article/20110907/NEWS97/709079922 |title=Track owner facing prison – |publisher=omaha.com |date=7 September 2011 |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref> | |||
| These prosecution strategies are known in some legal circles as the "No End in Sight" prosecution, where a defendant is continuously run through a smoke and mirror maze of abuses of procedure by prosecution that will lead the defendant to wear out, incur large legal fees and lose confidence in the legal process. As a result, prosecutors hope the defendant will relent by pleading "no contest" or "guilty" to a reduced charge or reduction of charges without regard for true guilt or innocence, but solely with the hope they will see an end to their ordeal and limit the escalating damage they and their families are suffering in the pretrial process by agreeing to bring it to closure without trial. The prosecution benefits greatly as it allows them to procure convictions without having to support their case bound to any standard of evidence. | |||
| As a result of the State successfully implementing the "No End in Sight" prosecution, Kosiski entered a plea of "no contest" to a reduced charge of "attempted sexual assault of a child". Douglas County District Judge Gary Randall immediately found Kosiski guilty without requiring any substantiated evidence from the State. Judge Randall set sentencing for 4 1/2 months later, during which time Kosiski was free as he was not considered a threat to society by the State. | |||
| The original charge was filed as a result of statements from a 15-year-old fugitive from justice who had escaped from state custody and had found sanctuary with a group that supported themselves by running a prostitution service in the Omaha metro area. The 15-year-old met members of the organization while attending Bryan High School in Omaha. The escape was planned over a period of months prior to her fleeing state supervision over the New Year in 2010. The interaction between her and Mr. Kosiski was alleged to have occurred on New Year's Day, 2010. Two days after her escape, the 15-year-old girl was captured after stealing a car. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/136108213.html |title=Sex Addict Sentenced – |publisher=wowt.com |date=22 December 2011 |accessdate=23 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://omaha.com/article/20110907/NEWS97/709079922 |title=Track owner facing prison – |publisher=omaha.com |date=7 September 2011 |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref><ref>http://www.ketv.com/news/26405322/detail.html "Racetrack Co-Owner Accused of Sex Assault"</ref> <ref>"Violence Kept Women as Prostitutes" - Omaha World-Herald 02-06-2011 - http://www.omaha.com/article/20110206/NEWS97/702069896/0</ref> | |||
| Prosecutors boast the conviction of Mr. Kosiski as part of a larger investigation titled "Project Innocence Lost", which yielded convictions against 2 men and 2 women in Federal court for allegedly running a "sex ring" in Iowa and Nebraska. The "Project Innocence Lost" investigation yielded only 2 convictions against alleged customers of the "sex ring". The convictions were against Mr. Kosiski and another Nebraska man who were alleged to have attempted to have sex with the same 15-year old girl who was only available to work for the "sex ring" for about a 24-hour period over New Year's Day 2010 that began when she escaped State supervision that ended with her stealing a car. No other victims of the alleged "sex ring" or customers thereof were ever specifically claimed, detailed or charged. | |||
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Ed Kosiski is an American racing driver who won the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national championship in 1998.
Driving a family-owned dirt late model, Kosiski won 16 of the 18 races that he entered at a one-third-mile clay race track in Lincoln, Nebraska.
As part of the 25th anniversary of the NASCAR Weekly Series in 2006, Kosiski was named one of the series' All Time Top 25 drivers. He currently owns and operates Nebraska Raceway Park in Greenwood, Nebraska.
On 22 December 2011, Ed Kosiski was sentenced to 8 to 16 years in prison after pleading "no contest" in September 2011. The plea was entered as the result of a plea agreement with prosecutors who conceded they did not have any evidence to support the original charge of sexual assault of a child filed in January 2011. The State's case was not only hampered by a lack of evidence, but also suffered from a lack of credible witnesses. Kosiski's relenting to a plea deal was the fruition of strategies implemented by prosecutors to get a conviction while avoiding a trial at all costs. These strategies included withholding discovery materials from the defense, using media to promote rumors in an attempt to embarrass and disrupt the defendant and manipulating legal procedures to cause delays to due process to further wear out the defense while increasing the defendant's legal fees in the process. These prosecution strategies are known in some legal circles as the "No End in Sight" prosecution, where a defendant is continuously run through a smoke and mirror maze of abuses of procedure by prosecution that will lead the defendant to wear out, incur large legal fees and lose confidence in the legal process. As a result, prosecutors hope the defendant will relent by pleading "no contest" or "guilty" to a reduced charge or reduction of charges without regard for true guilt or innocence, but solely with the hope they will see an end to their ordeal and limit the escalating damage they and their families are suffering in the pretrial process by agreeing to bring it to closure without trial. The prosecution benefits greatly as it allows them to procure convictions without having to support their case bound to any standard of evidence. As a result of the State successfully implementing the "No End in Sight" prosecution, Kosiski entered a plea of "no contest" to a reduced charge of "attempted sexual assault of a child". Douglas County District Judge Gary Randall immediately found Kosiski guilty without requiring any substantiated evidence from the State. Judge Randall set sentencing for 4 1/2 months later, during which time Kosiski was free as he was not considered a threat to society by the State. The original charge was filed as a result of statements from a 15-year-old fugitive from justice who had escaped from state custody and had found sanctuary with a group that supported themselves by running a prostitution service in the Omaha metro area. The 15-year-old met members of the organization while attending Bryan High School in Omaha. The escape was planned over a period of months prior to her fleeing state supervision over the New Year in 2010. The interaction between her and Mr. Kosiski was alleged to have occurred on New Year's Day, 2010. Two days after her escape, the 15-year-old girl was captured after stealing a car.
Prosecutors boast the conviction of Mr. Kosiski as part of a larger investigation titled "Project Innocence Lost", which yielded convictions against 2 men and 2 women in Federal court for allegedly running a "sex ring" in Iowa and Nebraska. The "Project Innocence Lost" investigation yielded only 2 convictions against alleged customers of the "sex ring". The convictions were against Mr. Kosiski and another Nebraska man who were alleged to have attempted to have sex with the same 15-year old girl who was only available to work for the "sex ring" for about a 24-hour period over New Year's Day 2010 that began when she escaped State supervision that ended with her stealing a car. No other victims of the alleged "sex ring" or customers thereof were ever specifically claimed, detailed or charged.
References
- ^ Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 111-116.
- Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 163-170.
- "Sex Addict Sentenced –". wowt.com. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- "Track owner facing prison –". omaha.com. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
- http://www.ketv.com/news/26405322/detail.html "Racetrack Co-Owner Accused of Sex Assault"
- "Violence Kept Women as Prostitutes" - Omaha World-Herald 02-06-2011 - http://www.omaha.com/article/20110206/NEWS97/702069896/0
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