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| DNA Evidence Matches Okla. Inmate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/10/2001 |
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Three months after a Oklahoma prisoner's rape conviction was set aside after DNA testing, an inmate already serving time has been linked to the crime, authorities said. In May, Jeffrey Todd Pierce was released from an prison after serving 15 years of a 65-year term for a rape at an Oklahoma City apartment complex. Tests showed that semen and hair samples taken from the crime scene didn't match his DNA profile. The evidence was tested against all convicted violent offenders in an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation database and was found to match a man serving a 45-year sentence for rape and robbery, bureau spokeswoman Kym Koch said recently. The name of the man was not released because he has not been charged. Koch said he may never stand trial for the 1985 rape because the seven-year statute of limitations has run out. Pierce's exoneration and an FBI review of the case led to state and federal investigations of Oklahoma City police chemist Joyce Gilchrist, who has been accused of doing shoddy forensic work and giving false or misleading testimony. Hundreds of cases involving Gilchrist's work are being probed. Eleven death row inmates whose cases she worked on have been executed; others have been sentenced to die. Gilchrist, who is on paid administrative leave, has denied any wrongdoing. |
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