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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.
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...
May 7, 2009 · 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 · Jeffrey Pierce, who had been convicted of rape in 1986, was released yesterday after independent DNA tests proved that he was not the rapist. Gilchrist’s testimony had helped to secure his conviction. Her testimony mistakenly identified hair and semen taken from the crime scene as Pierce’s.
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.
Apr 19, 2002 · Pierce, then 24, was convicted in 1986 of rape, sodomy, burglary and assault with a dangerous weapon. He was sentenced to 65 years in prison. Prosecutors learned last year that neither Pierce's semen nor his hair matched evidence collected from the crime scene.
