{"id":85926,"date":"2023-12-14T03:38:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T03:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/kathleen-folbigg-mother-jailed-for-killing-her-four-children-has-convictions-quashed-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T03:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T03:38:22","slug":"kathleen-folbigg-mother-jailed-for-killing-her-four-children-has-convictions-quashed-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/kathleen-folbigg-mother-jailed-for-killing-her-four-children-has-convictions-quashed-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Folbigg: Mother jailed for killing her four children has convictions quashed | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman who spent 20 years in jail for killing her four children has had her convictions officially quashed.\n<\/p>\n

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children, and of manslaughter in the death of her fourth between 1989 and 1999 in New South Wales, Australia.<\/p>\n

She was pardoned in June after evidence proving her innocence came to light but has now had the convictions officially expunged by the state.<\/p>\n

Her lawyer now says she is preparing to claim “substantial” compensation.<\/p>\n

Folbigg maintained her innocence and said the children had died of natural causes over a decade, from 1989 to 1999.<\/p>\n

In 2019, an initial inquiry into the case reaffirmed her guilt, but in 2022, a second inquiry found new evidence suggesting two of the children had a genetic mutation that may have caused their deaths.<\/p>\n

Folbigg was released from prison in June this year after being pardoned.<\/p>\n

“I am grateful that updated science and genetics has given me answers as to how my children died,” an emotional Folbigg told reporters outside a criminal appeals court in Sydney.<\/p>\n

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“However, even in 1999, we had legal answers to prove my innocence. They were ignored. And dismissed,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The system preferred to blame me rather than accept that sometimes, children can and do die suddenly, unexpectedly, and heartbreakingly.”<\/p>\n

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Folbigg’s lawyer, Rhanee Rego, said her legal team was preparing a claim for “substantial” compensation for her wrongful imprisonment.<\/p>\n

“I’m not prepared to put a figure it, but it will be bigger than any substantial payment that has been made before,” she said.<\/p>\n

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The case, which relied predominantly on circumstantial evidence, caused controversy among scientists and statisticians, some of whom were part of the campaign to secure Folbigg’s release.<\/p>\n

“Although there was new scientific evidence (in 2019) …basic scientific principles were not adhered to from the time of
trial,” said Anna-Maria Arabia, chief executive of the Australian Academy of Science.<\/p>\n

“Make no mistake, without law reform, these sorts of miscarriages of justice will continue.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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