0 Facebook 0 Twitter 1 Facebook-messenger 0 Whatsapp 0 Email A Note from Marion Watch Investigates: Our team at Marion Watch was originally investigating a different matter concerning Marion’s City Council and other agencies in the late 1970s when we stumbled across a series of extremely concerning circumstances recorded in official council minutes, and newpaper […]
Is Marion County legal system fundamentally broken?
Teen recants rape claims as judge questions prosecutor’s case, while community rallies for Ratliff.
The indictment of Councilman Ratliff and his wife has fractured public perception, creating two powerful and opposing narratives.
A Marion councilman and his wife face felony charges in a controversial case involving recanted testimony and questionable prosecutorial conduct.
This sequence of events, particularly the indictment following a recantation from a vulnerable individual, raises profound ethical and legal concerns.

