Victims of Misconduct:
Ray Marshall
Sixteen years. Eighty-six charges. Not one conviction.
Developer Ray Marshall’s case isn’t a fluke—it’s a warning. When prosecutors stretch or suppress the facts, lives are derailed, and accountability rarely follows.
What began as a straightforward real-estate deal—building a new U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters in downtown Colorado Springs—morphed into a politically driven campaign against Ray.After his company secured the contract and construction began, the City reneged on its agreement to buy part of the building. A judge enforced the contract and ordered the City to close—and from there, the retaliation began.
Developer Ray Marshall with the USOC Headquarters Project
Soon after that civil win, Ray faced a politically-motivated criminal case which included 42 felony counts. A jury acquitted him on every charge. Prosecutors then filed a second, nearly identical case with 44 new felonies. After a whistleblower in the DA’s office revealed that evidence had been fabricated, prosecutors dropped the remaining charges in May 2020.
Prosecutors didn’t just retaliate with baseless charges— they hid exculpatory evidence dating back to the first wrongful prosecution: more than 1,400 documents and 22 hours of audio that law and court orders required them to disclose. That trove would have reinforced Ray’s innocence.
Ray sued DA Dan May and the office’s chief investigator, Linda Dix. A federal court dismissed May under absolute prosecutorial immunity; the case against Dix continued. The suit alleged that within weeks of May taking office in 2009, Dix opened the probe into Ray’s business. Ray has since settled with Dix. In keeping with a familiar prosecutorial script, the DA’s office issued a blanket denial that anyone there committed any “wrongful or illegal act.”
Ray raises a stark point: taxpayers are footing the bill for botched prosecutions.
“Taxpayers need to know how much they spent on my case,” he says. “There needs to be accountability to the taxpayer. Period. End of Story. If taxpayers are writing the check, they need to have answers.”
He estimates several million dollars across two wrongful prosecutions and the civil settlement.
“There needs to be accountability to the taxpayer. Period. End of Story. If taxpayers are writing the check, they need to have answers.” – Ray Marshall
Former El-Paso County District Attorney Dan May
El Paso County prosecutors intentionally overstepped their authority—pursuing conviction over justice. The damage to Ray was done: his career, finances, and peace of mind were shattered long before the charges were dropped. He now speaks out to end prosecutorial immunity. “There needs to be accountability brought to the DA’s office,” Ray says. “All of them, not just the one in El Paso County.”
While Ray Marshall ultimately beat the charges and settled his civil case, the officials who pursued him—amid fabricated evidence and withheld records—remain shielded by absolute immunity. His story exposes how little recourse individuals have when those in power break the rules.
Accountability isn’t anti-prosecutor; it’s pro-justice and pro-public safety.
Urge your lawmakers to end absolute immunity for intentional, egregious misconduct, require open-file discovery with real penalties for violations, and create a narrow civil remedy for victims. Ask every DA where they stand.
Share Ray’s story. Demand answers for how your tax dollars were spent.
Ray Marshall with his wife, Robin.
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