PERFECT JUSTICE ??

FORMER OKLAHOMA CITY FORENSIC CHEMIST JOYCE GILCHRIST'S ANALYSIS AND TESTIMONY SENT AT LEAST ONE INNOCENT PERSON TO DEATH ROW

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Gilchrist has been repeatedly accused of false testimony and shoddy results in her work during the past 15 years. She has been involved in approximately 3,000 cases, including at least 23 cases where defendants were eventually sentenced to death and have either been executed or remain on death row. 11 of those people were executed during the past two years, including Marilyn Plantz and Randall Cannon who was executed on July 23rd - despite strong doubts as to his guilt because of Joyce Gilchrist's testimony.

Oklahoma County District Attorney Robert Macy, who often relied on testimony from Gilchrist, announced his resignation effective June 30, 2001

A 101-page report about the death penalty in Oklahoma was released by Amnesty International. A copy of the report is available on its web site. http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/AMR510552001?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRIES/USA

Both Gilchrist and Macy are cited in the Amnesty International report. (4/30/01)

Read the May 1, 2001 CNN report on the Joyce Gilchrist investigation, titled "FBI reviewing cases forensic expert handled". http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/05/01/oklahoma.evidence/index.html

Read the July 18, 2001, Shawnee News-Star article, Three death row cases due review about the ongoing investigation into death sentences that may have resulted from Joyce Gilchrist's testimony. http://www.news-star.com/stories/071801/new_row.shtml

SO WHEN WILL JOYCE GILCHRIST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE?
OR WILL SHE?

We, as members of an increasingly concerned public, would like it known that we do not want innocent people executed in our name. Nor do we believe that professionals such as Joyce Gilchrist or Joan Wood (see Florida) should be exempt from punishment. False and inaccurate testimony deliberately given with the express purpose of removing another's Right to Life is premeditated MURDER as much as picking up a gun or knife.

We ask that you join us in expressing your concern and requesting that Joyce Gilchrist be held as accountable in a Court of Law as much as any other she has placed in that position.


HOW TO CONTACT GOVERNOR FRANK KEATING:

MAIL: Room 212, State Capitol Bldg, OKLAHOMA CITY,
OK 73105, USA.

PHONE: 001 - 405 - 521 - 2342

FAX: 001 - 405 - 521 - 3353

E-MAIL: governor@gov.state.ok.us

We thank you for your concern and interest.

Relevant websites:
www.ccadp.org/joycegilchrist.htm
www.truthinjustice.org/gilchrist2.htm
www.ocadp.org/news/2001/jgilchrist_new


ADDENDUM:
May 13: Oklahoma City Police Chemist Joyce Gilchrist, who is currently under investigation by the OSBI, provided testimony or work on the cases of the following current death row inmates: Stephen Lynn Abshier; Randall Eugene Cannon; Ernest Marvin Carter Jr; Cyril Wayne Ellis; Yancey Lyndell Douglas; John Michael Hooker; Victor Wayne Hooks; Michael Edward Hooper; Curtis Edward McCarty; Alfred Brian Mitchell; George Ochoa and Osbaldo Torres. Gilchrist also provided testimony or work on the cases of the following inmates who have been executed: Roger James Berget; William Clifford Bryson; Malcolm Rent Johnson; James Glenn Robedeaux; Michael Donald Roberts; Eddie Leroy Trice; Dion Athanasius Smallwood; Mark Andrew Fowler and Billy Ray Fox; and Loyd Winford Lafevers.