Woman on Death Row for 30 Years Has Conviction Overturned After Paid Informant’s Testimony Challenged
The murder conviction for a Texas woman who'd been on death row for decades was thrown out last week after a federal appeals ...
The Mirror18d
Woman who's been on death row for 27 years has conviction quashed after new information
Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death for the murder of A.B. Towery, 80, as it was said Holberg, then 23, whacked the man with a hammer, stabbed him 58 times with multiple utensils and shoved a foot ...
The Independent8d
A Texas woman was on death row for 27 years. But questions over a key witness could have her soon walk free from prison
At just 23 years old, Brittany Holberg was locked up in a north Texas county jail facing murder charges — when a chat with her cellmate, who was secretly an undercover police informant ...
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Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court
With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent Brittany Marlowe Holberg's 1998 murder conviction back down to the trial court to decide how to proceed. Holberg has been ...
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.
The Texas Tribune21d
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
Brittany Marlowe Holberg was convicted in 1998 of robbing and murdering an 80-year-old man in his Amarillo home. The appeals ...
The Marshall Project18d
Brittany Holberg
What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...
The Mirror18d
Woman who's been on death row for 27 years has conviction quashed after new information
Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death for the murder of A.B. Towery, 80, as it was said Holberg, then 23, whacked the man with a hammer, stabbed him 58 times with multiple utensils and shoved a ...
Daily Record18d
Woman on death row for 27 years has conviction overturned after new information
Brittany Holberg was sentenced to death for the murder of A.B. Towery, 80. Holberg, aged 23 at the time, was said to have struck the pensioner with a hammer, stabbed him 58 times with several ...