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- But today, after maintaining his innocence throughout the 15 years he spent behind bars, Mr. Pierce, 39, was freed because DNA testing refuted the crucial testimony against him from an Oklahoma City police chemist long accused of shoddy work and now the focus of one of the most wide-ranging investigations into a police laboratory.
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Jul 8, 2019 · Pierce was convicted in 1986 of raping and robbing an Oklahoma City woman. The prosecution relied on the testimony of Gilchrist. In 1985, the victim was returning to her apartment complex when she was confronted, raped, and sodomized.
Pierce was convicted in 1986 of raping and robbing an Oklahoma City woman. The prosecution relied on the testimony of their forensic expert, Joyce Gilchrist. In 1985, the victim was returning to her apartment complex when she was confronted, raped, and sodomized.
Jeffrey Pierce walked out of an Oklahoma prison a free man for the first time in more than 14 years. He was convicted in 1986 of a rape he didn’t commit, based in part on the misleading testimony of notorious forensic analyst Joyce Gilchrist.
May 8, 2001 · When Jeffrey Pierce was convicted of rape in 1986, he lost his freedom and his family. He and his wife decided to divorce and she left Oklahoma to raise their twin infant sons as if he did not...
Jeffery served 15 years on rape conviction proved wrong by DNA evidence. The Crime: In 1986, an Oklahoma City woman returning to her apartment complex was sexually assaulted. The victim could not...
Oct 15, 1986 · Jurors are to resume deliberations today on whether Jeffrey Todd Pierce, a suspect in a 1984 slaying, is responsible for a 1985 rape. Pierce, 24, of The Village is on trial on the rape charge.
May 8, 2001 · Pierce was found guilty in 1986 of sexually assaulting an Oklahoma City woman and sentenced to 65 years in prison. On Monday, Oklahoma County prosecutors agreed to free him on "grounds of factual innocence." Last month a DNA test of semen recovered from the victim exonerated Pierce.
