Seems that the prosecutors in Clark County, Washington have nothing better to do than spend state tax dollars. Not only did they stand by and allow an innocent man to spend 20 years of his life behind bars but now after a governor commuted the sentence and the appellate court is going to vacate the conviction, they are threatening to take it on to the State Supreme Court! Enough is enough. This will not only cost thousands and thousands of tax payer dollars and for what? Mr. Spencer has served the time and has a governors commutation. You cannot send the man back to prison. Where is the justice in this county. Apparently the corruption did not end in 1985. As a tax payer I am all for a recall on these elected officials. They were incompetent then and they are incompetent now. Step up people and be heard. These tax dollars could better be spent on our schools than trying to cover the butts of the those that belong to the "Good Old Boys Club".

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Seems that a lot of Vancouver court system is corrupt and has been for a lot of years! Not to mention a bunch of others there. 20 years just isn't right.

Ah see there are two ex wives.. The first one is the mother of the two that just went to court and the second one is the mother of the four year old step son which is Shirley Spencer, who was sleeping with Detective Sgt. Michael Davidson, while Ray Spencer was sitting in county jail awaiting trial. Detective Sgt. Michael Davidson was Sharon Krause's boss. Sharon Krause was the one that made sure that Spencer spent enough time as a cop/sex abuser in jail to get killed and never come out. To me it seems that with the sentence that Judge Lodge gave Ray Spencer which was 2 Life Sentences PLUS and additional 14 years that there was some corruptness there also. I've only known a sex offender to get 4-7 years. No matter what his plea was. I also read that: Well I will just paste it in right here. But this shows that the "Sheriff Dept." Which was where Detective Sgt. Michael Davidson worked at, did not want to open their eyes to the truth because other things were on his mind "Shirley Spencer, Ray's wife"

Did you know?

* In eight years in office, Gov. Gary Locke either commuted sentences or issued pardons for 68 people.

* The Washington State Clemency and Pardons Board unanimously recommended to Locke that Ray Spencer's sentence be commuted. The board consisted of a retired King County judge, a retired King County police officer, a Yakima County police chief, a federal public defender and a Seattle attorney.

* Spencer was the only person convicted of a sex offense to be released by Locke.

Irregularities in Ray Spencer Case

Gov. Gary Locke's commutation order and court records refer to several flaws in the case against Ray Spencer, including:

* Spencer's estranged wife had an affair with a supervising detective.

* Detectives withheld medical evidence supporting Spencer's contention that he was innocent.

* A King County deputy prosecutor known for her expertise in child sex abuse recommended dropping the case after the first victim came forward, citing significant problems with the evidence, including "questions about fact vs. fantasy."

* Spencer's court-appointed defense attorney, James Rulli, now a Clark County Superior Court judge, did not attempt to interview the alleged victims until a few weeks before trial even though the case had been initiated eight months earlier. He also didn't interview Spencer's wife, arrange for any defense witnesses, challenge any of the prosecution's evidence or request a hearing to determine the credibility of the child witnesses.

* Spencer maintained his innocence both under hypnosis and sodium Amytal ("truth serum") facts that were never mentioned in court. "I have never observed an individual who can withhold information under the conditions of Amytal and hypnosis," wrote Dr. Lawrence Halpern in a 1986 letter filed with Spencer's first appeal.

* Spencer was taking heavy doses of antidepressants when he entered his no-contest plea. The drugs and depression made it impossible for Spencer to intelligently participate in his own defense, said Halpern, a University of Washington neuropharmacologist who analyzed Spencer's medical records a year after he was sentenced.

* One alleged victim, a 9-year-old boy, denied Spencer abused him for eight months and changed his story only after a Clark County sheriff's detective threatened him with a lie detector test. Once the detective elicited allegations from the boy that he had suffered frequent, violent abuse, the boy was not examined by a doctor.

* Spencer was handed two life terms plus 14 years with no pre-sentence investigation.

* Results from a recent comprehensive psychological exam and a recent polygraph test support Spencer's claims he never sexually abused anyone.

Well they won't let me put links here but the Columbian site has links to the full story about Ray Spencer. Pretty sad story and hope this all gets overturned to completely release him from all charges.

I AGREE!!