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- In May 2001, Jeffrey Pierce walked out of an Oklahoma prison after being exonerated by DNA testing. His innocence was proven during the investigation of Joyce Gilchrist, formerly a forensic chemist at the Oklahoma City Police Laboratory, for falsifying testimony and shoddy forensic analysis.
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In May 2001, Jeffrey Pierce walked out of an Oklahoma prison after being exonerated by DNA testing. His innocence was proven during the investigation of Joyce Gilchrist, formerly a scientist at the Oklahoma City Police Laboratory, for falsifying testimony and shoddy forensic analysis.
Jul 8, 2019 · In May 2001, Jeffrey Pierce walked out of an Oklahoma prison after being exonerated by DNA testing. His innocence was proven during the investigation of Joyce Gilchrist, formerly a forensic chemist at the Oklahoma City Police Laboratory, for falsifying testimony and shoddy forensic analysis.
Jeffrey Todd Pierce with his ex-wife Kathy. Jeffery served 15 years on rape conviction proved wrong by DNA evidence. The Crime: In 1986, an Oklahoma City woman returning to her apartment...
May 8, 2001 · LEXINGTON - Nearly 15 years after being wrongfully convicted, Jeffrey Todd Pierce on Monday walked out of the Joseph Harp Correctional Center a free man. "It still hasn't sunk in I'm even out," Pierce, 39, said moments after he was released.
Judicially Exonerated Released. Summary of Case: "Jeffrey Todd Pierce was wrongfully convicted of rape and released from prison on May 7, 2001 after DNA tests on the rapists sperm and hair didn't match Pierce's. The victim identified Jeffrey Pierce in a line-up 10 months after the rape.
Aug 19, 2001 · Just five months ago, Jeffrey Pierce was released from an Oklahoma prison after DNA tests demonstrated that he had not committed the rape for which he had served 15 years.
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.
