Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court

Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court

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…

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