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Joyce Gilchrist

Piecing Together Her Misconduct

The Road

Joyce Gilchrist

Joyce Gilchrist

  • Foresnic Chemist

  • 1980-2001

Oklahoma City Police Department

  • FBI Training

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Joyce Gilchrist

  • 1980-1993

  • 23 death row

  • 11 Executions

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The 80's

Hair Analysis

  • Hair analysis

  • 1994 the DOJ began auditing cases

  • April of 2015 FBI admits hair analysis inaccuracies

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Laboratory Management

  • Peer Review

  • Quality Assurance

  • Polices and Procedures

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Scrutiny

Criticism

  • 1986 John T. Wilson public criticized Gilchrist

  • 1987 She was reproved for unethical behavior

  • Cited by the Courts for expert witness misconduct

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Abuse of Power

1988 McCarty Case

  • delayed sending her report to the defense expert
  • testified beyond her expertise

1989 Fox vs State

  • overstated her conclusion of hair analysis

1999 Mitchell vs State

  • withheld exonerating DNA evidence

2000 Pierce vs State

  • violated a court discovery

2000 Miller vs State

  • rape conviction overturned

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The Agency

Conflicting Interest

  • Objectives of forensic scientits

  • Objectives of law enforcement

  • Foresenic lab was supervised by law enforcement

  • Reinforced her behavior

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In the End

But Let's Try!

  • Do you think the pressures of being employed by the police department or the notoriety feeding her ego played a part in her misconduct?

  • Let us talk about her abuse of power.

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Reference

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References

Yardley, J. (2001, May 2). Inquiry Focuses on Scientist Employed by Prosecutors. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/us/inquiry-focuses-on-scientist-employed-by-prosecutors.html

Case Text Pierce V Gilchrist. (2007, January 18). Retrieved from Case Text: https://casetext.com/case/pierce-v-gilchrist-2

Police Chemist’s Missteps Cause Okla. Scandal—The Washington Post. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/11/26/police-chemists-missteps-cause-okla-scandal/547d35bb-bfe3-461b-a9d7-28eeaac219ec/

FindLaw’s Supreme Court of Oklahoma case and opinions. (n.d.). Findlaw. Retrieved February 19, 2022, from https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ok-supreme-court/1004189.html

Holjencin, S. D. (2020, April 27). Retrieved from A Post-Mortem Review of Forensic Hair Analysis – A Technique Whose Current Use in Criminal Investigations is Hanging on by a Hair: https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1768&context=lj

Giannelli, P. C., & McMunigal, K. C. (n.d.). Prosecutors, Ethics, and Expert Witnesses. 48.

Bowen. (2022, Spring). Module 5,6,7 Ethics in Criminal Justice [PowerPoint] slide number 26. Group and LEO POST Spring 22.

Bowen. (2022, Spring). Module 12 Misconduct [PowerPoint] slide number 10.

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