COLUMBIA — A Missouri judge ruled Tuesday that a man twice convicted in the 1990 slaying of a local farm wife was the victim of "a manifest injustice" and that no jury would have convicted him had investigators done their jobs.
UPDATE: Judge urges new trial in 1990 Missouri farm death
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 | 1:00 p.m. CDT
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