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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tamsin Rose

Kathleen Folbigg pardoned and released after 20 years in jail over deaths of her four children

Kathleen Folbigg
Kathleen Folbigg at an inquiry into her conviction in May. She had been in jail since 2003 after being found guilty of killing her four infant children. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA

Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned and released after two decades in prison over the deaths of her four children, following a decision of the New South Wales attorney general, Michael Daley.

Folbigg, who has always maintained her innocence, had served 20 years of a 25-year sentence since being convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children, and the manslaughter of one child.

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