Woman on death row for 27 years has conviction overturned

Woman who's been on death row for 27 years has conviction quashed after new information
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 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 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.
Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate's 1998 murder conviction
After the woman spent 27 years on death row for killing an 80-year-old man, the court found that prosecutors failed to reveal their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
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.
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 Texas death row inmate’s conviction
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 ...
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.
Conviction, death sentence reversed in 1996 Amarillo capital murder case
Judges with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and death sentence of a woman convicted of ...
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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 ...
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Texas Inmate on Death Row for 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned
Holberg, 52, was convicted and sentenced to death for capital ... "There is a reason Brittany Marlowe Holberg has been on death row for over 27 years. The State denied her right to due process ...
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas woman's death row conviction
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 ...