Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction

Woman who's been on death row for 27 years has conviction quashed

Bombshell new evidence has given Brittany Holberg, 52, a reprieve - a case which a judge in Texas, US, says serves as a reminder capital punishment is still a "work in progress"

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.

Murder conviction against Texas woman on death row for 27 years tossed by federal appeals court

A federal appeals court tossed the murder conviction against a Texas woman sitting on death row for more than a quarter century ruling she'd been unjustly convicted on the basis of tainted testimony from a paid jailhouse informant.

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.

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.

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. 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 on death row for 27 years. In securing her conviction in 1998, Randal…