The story so far: For almost two decades, Kathleen Folbigg, was behind bars, in Australia, for the death of her four very young children. Now, thanks to science, she can walk free.
On June 5, she was pardoned and released after an inquiry concluded that there was “reasonable doubt as to the guilt of Ms. Folbigg for each of the offences for which she was originally tried,” Nature reported.
The culprit, as it turns out, is a rare gene mutation that was not available as genetic evidence at the time of her original trial.
