May 24, 2006

ID: "like a real-life Matlock"

Meet Doug Nelson, an Idaho criminal defense hero:

Move over Matlock - Hailey attorney clears woman of murder charge

Hailey attorney Doug Nelson used his expertise in child head injury cases to clear a woman that he proved was wrongly accused of killing an 11-week-old baby in Jerome last summer.

Like a real-life Matlock, Nelson uncovered forensic evidence that left prosecutors little choice but to drop a first-degree murder charge against Yeimi Lira-Juarez...

"Yeimi should have never been charged," Nelson said. "I think the state should have slowed down and waited for all the evidence to come in..."

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