Texas woman on death row for 27 years has conviction tossed after staggering admission about key witness

ATexas womanwho’sbeensittingondeathrowfor27yearsforthebrutalmurderofan80-year-oldmanhadherconvictiontossedafteranastonishingadmissionwasmadeaboutakeywitnessinhercase.  BrittanyHolberg,52,wassentencedtodeathforthehorrificslayingofA.B.ToweryonNovember13,1996.Shewasconvictedforcapitalmurderinthecourseofcommittingorattemptingtocommitrobbery.  Holberg,whowas23atthetime,wasworkingasasexworkerwhenshemetTowerywhileleavingagrocerystorebeforeheadingtohis Amarilloapartment. Onceinside,Holbergsavagelywhackedtheelderlymanwithahammer,stabbedhim58timeswithmultipleutensils,andshovedafoot-longlamppoledownhisthroat,accordingtoinvestigators.  Lastweek–decadesafterher1998murderconviction–hercasewasbroughtbackdowntot