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Mum pardoned for baby deaths after serving 20 years in jail speaks out

Kathleen Folbigg says her case is a ‘major victory for science’

Evening Standard

Pizza, binge TV: Pardoned Australian enjoys freedom after 20 years in prison

For the first time in more than 20 years, Kathleen Folbigg slept comfortably on Monday night.

Reuters

Folbigg's ex-husband believes his children were murdered

Craig Folbigg's lawyer, Danny Eid, says the numbness continues for him

Newcastle Herald

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‘No hate in her heart’: Kathleen Folbigg laughed, drank Kahlua, mesmerised by technology in first night out of prison

Folbigg’s advocates now focused on getting convictions quashed when an inquiry into her case reports in coming weeks

The Guardian - AU

Pardon shows nation needs new body to investigate wrongful convictions

The Folbigg case is yet another demonstration that Australia needs a statutory body to investigate claims of wrongful conviction.

The New Daily

Woman once dubbed ‘Australia’s worst female serial killer’ pardoned and freed after 20 years in prison

Kathleen Folbigg walks free in wake of scientific evidence that suggests natural causes may have led to a number of the deaths

The Independent UK

Kathleen Folbigg: Australian woman jailed for 20 years over deaths of her four children is pardoned

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of three counts of murder and one of manslaughter but has always maintained her innocence

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Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions

The New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley today announced Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned after having served 20 years for the murder of three of her infant children and the manslaughter of a fourth child. She has already been released, and won’t serve the rest of her 30-year sentence.

The Conversation

Kathleen Folbigg ‘outside, in sunshine’ after being freed from jail

Kathleen Folbigg is "walking ... outside ... in the sunshine" after being freed after 20 years in a NSW jail, a supporter says.

The New Daily

Australian woman pardoned after 20 years in jail for deaths of her four children

A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children was pardoned by New South Wales state on Monday after a judicial review found there was reasonable doubt about the original convictions.

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