DNA Explainer: Why experts are seeking pardon for âAustraliaâs worst female serial killerâ
The experts maintain that Folbigg deserves pardon as a recent study showed that her victims may have died due to natural causes.
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Updated: Mar 9, 2021, 01:53 PM IST
Several scientists and experts are urging the Australian government to pardon convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg, who is regarded as the country s worst female serial killer. The experts maintain that Folbigg deserves pardon as a recent study showed that her victims may have died due to natural causes. It is to be noted that Folbigg s victims were four of her children. She was convicted in 2003 for killing her children as infants between 1990 and 1999.
Ninety scientists, doctors call for convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg s release
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A 2019 inquiry upheld Kathleen Folbigg s convictions of murder and manslaughter, but a petition is calling for her release.
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A group of 90 expert scientists and doctors is calling for convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg to be pardoned in light of new medical evidence which suggests her children may have died of natural causes.
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Ms Folbigg has served 18 years in prison for the murder and manslaughter of her four children
Experts are arguing that two of her children may have died of a cardiac condition