Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions
- Written by David Hamer, Professor of Evidence Law, University of Sydney
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.
Daley had seen the preliminary findings of a...