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 ...
Judge blocks parts of Trump's EO targeting law firm linked to Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign
A federal judge on Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's executive order targeting ...
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 ...
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.
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Texas Court Halts Execution of David Leonard Wood, the Alleged 'Desert Killer' of 1987 El Paso Murders
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an indefinite stay of execution to David Leonard Wood, convicted of six murders ...
Court halts execution for Texas man accused of assaulting, killing at least six girls
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set ...
Texas woman on death row for 27 years has conviction tossed after staggering admission about key witness
Brittany Holberg, 52, was convicted and sentenced to death for capital murder after she brutally attacked 80-year-old A.B.
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.
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 ...
Stay granted for Texas death row inmate two days before scheduled execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution on Tuesday for a man who was less than two days away from ...
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 capital murder in Amarillo 26 years ago.