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Joyce Gilchrist, the Glossary

Joyce Gilchrist (January 11, 1948 – June 14, 2015) was an American forensic chemist who was accused of falsifying evidence in order to help prosecutors in Oklahoma.^[1]

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American forensic scientists
Chemists from Oklahoma
Women forensic scientists

Alibi

An alibi (from the Latin, alibī, meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person under suspicion in a crime that they were in a different place when the offence was committed.

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Annie Dookhan (born 1977) is an American convicted felon who formerly worked as a chemist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Drug Abuse lab and admitted to falsifying evidence affecting up to 34,000 cases. Joyce Gilchrist and Annie Dookhan are American women chemists.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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Conviction

In law, a conviction is the determination by a court of law that a defendant is guilty of a crime.

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Criminal record

A criminal record (not to be confused with a police record or arrest record) is a record of a person's criminal convictions history.

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District attorney

In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, county prosecutor, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, state attorney or solicitor is the chief prosecutor or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a local government area, typically a county or a group of counties.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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Evidence (law)

The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding.

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Forensic chemistry

Forensic chemistry is the application of chemistry and its subfield, forensic toxicology, in a legal setting.

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Fred Zain

Frederick Salem Zain (April 14, 1951 – December 2, 2002) was an American forensic laboratory technician in West Virginia and Bexar County, Texas, who falsified serology results to obtain convictions. Joyce Gilchrist and Fred Zain are American forensic scientists.

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Hair analysis

Hair analysis may refer to the chemical analysis of a hair sample, but can also refer to microscopic analysis or comparison.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Jury

A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment.

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Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the ''Law & Order'' franchise.

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Law & Order season 12

The following is a list of Law & Order episodes from the series twelfth season, which originally aired from September 26, 2001 to May 22, 2002.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Oklahoma City Police Department

The Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD), was established in 1889 following the Land Run.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.

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Robert H. Macy

Robert H. Macy (July 5, 1930 – November 18, 2011) was a Democratic District Attorney from 1980 until 2001 for Oklahoma County and the State's capital, Oklahoma City.

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Serology

Serology is the scientific study of serum and other body fluids.

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Sexual misconduct

Sexual misconduct is misconduct of a sexual nature which exists on a spectrum that may include a broad range of sexual behaviors considered unwelcome.

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Termination of employment

Termination of employment or separation of employment is an employee's departure from a job and the end of an employee's duration with an employer.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Timothy McVeigh

Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American domestic terrorist who perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Gilchrist