What'd he do in the military? He may be able to leverage those skills for immediate employment.
Until the charges are formally dismissed, it's hard to imagine any employer will actually be willing to hire him. The DA's office is really making his life hard by refusing to just immediately stipulate that he's an innocent man.
I had no luck finding legit sites with a quick Google search, but maybe others are aware of something?
If nothing exists, that sounds like an interesting development opportunity.
But when finding other employment is hard, it's a pretty good option if you can work on the necessary skills.
Ray mostly just wants to spend time with his kids, whose lives he has been missing from for so long.
If he's formally exonerated, double jeopardy will prevent the state from ever trying him again, so the state has an incentive to keep him in that state.
(Also, fuck the DA. What is it with SoCal and horrible DAs?)
It's not really a surprise; no decent person would voluntarily sign up to send pot-smokers to prison.