Kathleen Folbigg was considered country’s worst female serial killer and spent two decades in jail.…
the Guardian
Kathleen Folbigg was considered country’s worst female serial killer and spent two decades in jail. Now she is free and has cleared her name
Kathleen Folbigg was reviled as a baby killer and Australia’s “most hated woman” when she was convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children and for the manslaughter of another.
But on Thursday, Folbigg’s convictions were quashed by an appeals court following an inquiry that examined new scientific evidence and found there was reasonable doubt of her guilt.
She had previously been pardoned and released from prison in June after 20 years behind bars.
The case could result in the biggest compensation payout for a wrongful conviction in Australia – and a reckoning for the nation’s legal system.
“For almost a quarter of a century, I faced disbelief and hostility,” Folbigg said after she was acquitted.
“I suffered abuse in all its forms. I hoped and prayed that one day I would be able to stand here with my name cleared. I hope that no one else will ever have to suffer what I suffered.”
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