Ray Marshall — “GUEST OPINION: Prosecutors abuse their power, the public pays”
Ray Marshall — “GUEST OPINION: Prosecutors abuse their power, the public pays”
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.
Ray, a victim of prosecutorial misconduct and a former client of our board of directors member, Jane Fisher-Bryialsen, recently shared his deeply salient experience in a guest opinion published in The Denver Gazette.
Ray’s 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.
Ray Marshall, Developer and Victim of Misconduct
“Sixteen years. Eighty-six felony charges. Two full-blown criminal trials. And not one conviction.
That’s not just my story of being unfairly prosecuted for fabricated crimes I did not commit. It is a case study in how prosecutorial misconduct wastes millions in taxpayer dollars and undermines public trust. This is not just a legal problem. It’s a taxpayer problem.
Each year, Colorado taxpayers pour millions of dollars into District Attorney (DA) budgets. These offices have wide discretion over how to spend public funds, yet there is almost no transparency, no independent audits, and no oversight of how cases are handled. If you ran your household budget with zero accountability, most would be bankrupt. But in government, this lack of oversight and accountability has become business as usual.”
Read Ray’s full Op-Ed in The Denver Gazette>>