Kathleen Folbigg, once labelled the nation's worst female serial killer, has the convictions for killing her four children overturned by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.
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    Kathleen Folbigg, once labelled the nation’s worst female serial killer, has had the convictions for killing her four children quashed by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.

    It comes after a landmark Special Commission of Inquiry found reasonable doubt over her guilt due to the emergence of new medical evidence, leading to her being pardoned by the NSW attorney-general.

    The referral of Ms Folbigg’s matter to the appeals court was welcomed by the Australian Academy of Science, which had been vocal about the need for a more scientific approach to cases.

    Last month, the academy issued a written statement calling for ‘a more science-sensitive legal system in every Australian jurisdiction so that miscarriages of justice are not repeated.’

    “We look forward to working with attorneys-generals across Australia to bring about law reform to create more science-sensitive legal systems,” the academy’s chief executive, Anna-Maria Arabia, said at the time.

    Ms Folbigg’s current lawyer Rhanee Rego thanked a collective of legal and scientific experts, “all of whom contributed to the understanding of how Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura died”.

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