Randall Raar Dishes on his conviction, life on the inside, and more

Raar maintains he's innocent and in years inside he knows about all sorts of corruption.

Randall Raar is an inmate at the Richard A Handlon Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan.

He is there on some very serious charges, though he insists he’s innocent.

He is convicted of criminal sexual conduct of a minor under 13.

An appeal in his case provides a detailed narrative of the crime.

There is at least one concern immediately.

The main alleged crime occurred in 1989 but wasn’t prosecuted until 2006.

Furthermore, the victim was five at the time of the crime, so she didn’t testify until she was twenty-one.

Here is more from the appeal.

The 59-year-old defendant was convicted of sexually assaulting his then five-year-old neighbor in the summer of 1989 or 1990. In April 2006, the police received information that caused them to investigate defendant and canvass his former neighborhoods. At that time, they had contact with the victim, who alleged that defendant had sexually assaulted her when she was four or five years old by digitally penetrating her vagina. At trial, the 21-year-old victim testified that defendant and his roommate, Robert Higgins, lived next door to her family’s home. Defendant and Higgins encouraged the neighborhood children to come to their home and use their above-ground pool. The victim indicated that she and her neighbor, AB, were among the children who spent time at defendant’s house. The victim explained that defendant and Higgins, both dressed in swimsuits, would be in the pool and catch the children as they came down an attached slide. The victim stated that defendant would “catch [them] between [their] legs and put his hands—or try to put his hands up [them].”

Raar is currently 74 and will almost certainly die in prison- he’ll be 92 when the sentence is completed- unless this is reversed.

Raar was convicted in part because of evidence of other bad acts, to establish a pattern. This pattern was allowed to be introduced at trial. Here is more from the appeal.

Defendant argues that his conviction should be reversed because evidence of unrelated sexual incidents involving another child, AS, were improperly admitted, contrary to MRE 404(b). We disagree.

AS, aged 37 at the time of trial, testified that when she was eight years old, defendant would give her odd jobs, pay attention to her, and reward her with candy and soda while she was at his house and in his yard. Defendant eventually began to talk to her about sex, gave her alcohol, and said he would teach her what a man wanted. During this time, he photographed her and her friend in the nude. When AS was 10 or 11 years old, defendant started rubbing AS’s breasts, and, when she was 11 or 12, he rubbed her vagina. Defendant had sexual intercourse with AS when she was 13 years old. Defendant encouraged AS to use his house, and defendant subsequently told AS if she told anyone about the incidents, he would hurt her mother and grandparents.

A trial court’s decision whether to admit evidence is reviewed for an abuse of discretion. People v McDaniel, 469 Mich 409, 412; 670 NW2d 659 (2003). A trial court abuses its discretion when its decision falls outside the range of reasonable and principled outcomes. People v Yost, 278 Mich App 341, 379; 749 NW2d 753 (2008). If there is an underlying question of law, such as whether admissibility is precluded by a rule of evidence, we review that question of law de novo. McDaniel, supra.

Thus far, the conviction stands.

Here is how Raar described the case against him.

Fourteen attorneys, $62,500 spent and NOBODY will undo these cases.

What the MSP found on 5/4/2006 and the ONLY substance of evidence to be used in the 2007 trial was ONE 1976 nudist colony magazine with NO focusing on the genitals. This the requirement to be a crime. SIXTEEN images used, 16 CONVICTIONS which violates Multiplicity/Double Jeopardy statutes. There is NOBODY in prison for this.

My wife as $40,000 CASH to deal with the pron case and NOBODY will attach. There is $1.2 million being held in abeyance IF I could get out and still NOBODY will do away with this.

This Wayne Co. case 06-007903-01-FH was then used to create a case in Washtenaw Co. 06-001130-FC of CSC-1/under 13 dating back to 1988-1990 or 1991.

Discovery soon would show Heather Witt was molested by her MALE teenage babysitter (1987-1991). She went to counseling 1991,1992,1993,1999. I HAVE ALL 63 sessions! There is NOTHING in these sessions to show i did anythng to her. Sessions cherry-picked in the trial. She told a case worker 7/15/1990 I did nothing to her. Her mother suspected I did something sexual on her.

The babysitter was only used as a foundation. The Jury were read from the counselor of Witt and were misrepresented!!!!!!! The Judge would not let the Jury see the records to see the counselor LIED.