TROY, Mo. • A judge here Friday ordered a new trial for Russell Faria, finding that new evidence in the murder of Faria’s wife might have changed the minds of jurors who had convicted him of first-degree murder.
The ruling by St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer, who was lent to Lincoln County for this case, erases Faria’s conviction and sentence of life in prison without parole. Ohmer will preside at the new trial, set for Nov. 2. He set bail at $500,000. Read More »