TACOMA — Deliberations in the Ray Spencer case went from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, when jurors were released to go home. Members of the eight-person jury were ordered to return Monday to U.S. District Court in Tacoma to resume deliberations.
Spencer, 66, is seeking a multimillion-dollar judgment from Clark County by arguing that Det. Sharon Krause and Sgt. Mike Davidson of the Clark County Sheriff’s Office conspired to deprive him of his constitutional right to due process by fabricating evidence. Spencer, a former Vancouver police officer, served 20 years in prison on convictions of sexually abusing his two children and a stepchild. His sentence was commuted in 2004 and his convictions were subsequently overturned.
Krause and Davidson are now retired.
The jury deliberated for two hours Thursday after 14 days of testimony.
