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Feb 2023
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Kristina Kerlus

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Ep 114: An infant’s tragic death is ruled a homicide, and his grieving mother suddenly finds herself at the mercy of the Justice System.

This is the Kristina Kerlus story


Sources for Today's Episode:

  • Las Vegas Review Journal
  • KTNV Las Vegas
  • https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/InterimCommittee/REL/Document/12765
  • docket alarm.com


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Keywords: wrongful conviction, No-Crime Wrongful Conviction, Las Vegas, Jocai Davis, "Shaken Baby Syndrome", SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Sickle Cell Anemia, 

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