By Burt Mummolo, FOX23.com News Staff
TULSA, Okla. — Is the Tulsa County District Attorney doing his job?
That’s the question at the heart of a petition asking a grand jury to investigate whether or not Steve Kunzweiler or his office allegedly engaged in everything from neglect of official duty to concealment of public records, with multiple cases cited as points of interest.
“What happened is an atrocity,” stated Holly Soho, who said she was victimized by a man named Wesley Cole.
Wesley Cole was arrested in August 2024 on multiple rape charges.
His charges were later reduced to a lesser assault offense, allowing Cole to be sentenced to 10 years probation.
Soho said she was never included in the plea negotiations.
“My goal is to get to the bottom of why. Why wasn’t I involved in my own case?”
Also mentioned in the petition is the Henry Jamerson case and whether the evidence in that case could have been found earlier through reasonable diligence.
“The motto in this office is find truth, seek justice,” Kunzweiler said back in April when FOX23’s sister station KTUL interviewed him about the Jamerson case.
Kunzweiler explained, “When I ask an agency to provide my office with information that I’m going to then turn over to the defense so that we can properly litigate a case, I’m only as good as the information that agency is providing to me. If they are saying it’s not there or if they’re saying here it is, I’m only as good as that.”
Shar Agosto, the attorney for the grand jury petitioner, explained where he believes the district attorney’s office might have dropped the ball in Jamerson’s case.
“Well actually, that’s what we would like a grand jury to investigate because we’ve asked questions in here whether Mr. Kunzweiler or his office fairly and independently reassessed the conviction after the recantation and DNA results.”
FOX23 reached out to the district attorney’s office who said in part, “The statements contained within the request to impanel a grand jury need to be reviewed by a judge…Grand juries are a part of Oklahoma’s legal process, and we will comply with the laws as written and as directed.”
Find truth, seek justice: It’s not only the district attorney’s motto.
Now, it’s the driving force behind the petitioners.
“I’m asking the grand jury to investigate really what’s happening here,” said Soho.
The full statement from the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office is below:
“The statements contained within the request to impanel a grand jury need to be reviewed by a judge. This is a part of the process. Importantly, that judge should not be a potential witness. Whomever is the judge assigned to this case, ultimately he or she must thereafter determine the legal sufficiency of the petition’s allegations in order to then authorize signature collections. As the statutorily designated representative to assist in grand jury proceedings, the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office will make sure all phases are followed. Grand juries are a part of Oklahoma’s legal process, and we will comply with the law as written and as directed.”
