I think it’s important that justice be served and dirty cops and the people who are supposed to be serving us be brought to ...

Michael Merkel, a former sheriff’s deputy in Lincoln County, Missouri, was charged Tuesday with two counts of perjury for allegedly giving false testimony during Russ Faria’s 2013 murder trial. It’s ...

Hupp, 64, could face the death penalty in connection with the infamous 2011 stabbing death of Betsy Faria. The change of venue was authorized in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County on Oct. 28. The ...

On Dec. 27, 2011, Faria found his wife with a knife protruding from her neck after someone had stabbed her 55 times in the couple’s Troy, Missouri home. Soon, he was arrested, tried and convicted for ...

Duhamel portrayed attorney Joel Schwartz in the NBC true crime drama, Russ' lawyer, who encountered Hupp during his trials in 2013 and 2015, respectively, and later watched when she was sentenced ...

Leah Askey and Joel Schwartz worked on the trial against Russ Faria following the 2011 murder of his wife Betsy, which is now featured in "The Thing About Pam." U.S. World ...

Russ Faria found his wife, ... His defense attorney, Joel Schwartz, ... Schwartz was unable to cross-examine Hupp about Betsy’s $150,000 life insurance policy, ...

On December 27th, 2011, Russ Faria returned to his Troy, Mo., home to find his wife Betsy dead on the floor. Primary Menu Sections. ... Faria’s defense lawyer Joel Schwartz ...

Many know Joel Schwartz as the criminal defense lawyer who defended Russ Faria during both his murder trials for the death of his wife, but there is much more beneath the man portrayed in the NBC ...

Many know Joel Schwartz as the criminal defense lawyer who defended Russ Faria during both his murder trials for the death of his wife, but there is much more beneath the man portrayed in the NBC ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. – Less than a month after the November 2013 wrongful conviction of Russ Faria, defense attorney Joel Schwartz had already filed a motion for a new trial.

I’ve had several conversations with Joel Schwartz I will never forget. One was prior to Russ Faria’s 2013 trial when he told me “I think you’re going to want to attend this one.” ...