Woman who’s been on death row for 27 years has conviction overturned as new information emerges
Brittany Holberg, 52, has spent more than a quarter of a century on death row before a federal appeals court tossed out her murder conviction.
Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years
The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
Court reverses, vacates Holberg conviction, death sentence in 1996 Towery murder
More than 27 years after being sentenced to death for capital murder in the 1996 death of 80-year-old A.B. Towery, Sr., the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals announced it has reversed
Texas Inmate on Death Row for 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Holberg, who was 25 when she was sentenced to death.
Federal appeals court tosses conviction of woman who has spent 27 years on death row
A federal appeals court has erased the capital murder conviction of a Texas woman who has spent the past 27 years on death row, saying her trial was tainted because of information prosecutors hid.
Federal appeals court reverses Amarillo woman’s death row conviction
A federal appeals court has reversed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
Federal appellate court vacates Texas death row inmate’s murder conviction
State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her being sentenced to death, a federal appellate court panel ruled Friday.
Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court
A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
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Fifth Circuit Overturns Death Sentence in Brittany Holberg Case Due to Brady Violations
In a critical ruling, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Marlowe ...
Former district attorney discusses details of 1996 Holberg case
Holberg was found guilty of murdering 80-year-old A.B. Towery Sr., which she claimed was in self-defense. On November 13, 1996, Holberg met with Towery and a heated debate began. Holberg then stabbed ...
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Conviction, death sentence reversed in 1996 Amarillo capital murder case
The judges found that prosecutors improperly withheld information from defense attorneys that their key witness in Brittany Marlow Holberg's capital murder trial was a confidential informant.
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Brittany Killed A Senior With a Broken Lamp, Now She Might Get Off Texas Death Row
Brittany Marlow Holberg was a deeply troubled young woman in the late 1990s. But did she kill for drugs and pleasure, or out ...