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Final report shows 'system failed' Kathleen Folbigg

An appeals court will be asked to consider overturning her convictions.

Newcastle Herald

NSW to consider action over Catholic church abuse legal tactics

Attorney general Michael Daley requests urgent briefing on high court’s damning judgment on use of permanent stays

The Guardian - AU

Renewed push for NSW to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14

Exclusive: With children as young as 10 ‘regularly’ before the courts, NSW must consider raising the age of criminal responsibility, says broad group of child advocates

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New Icac powers spark concerns as NSW opposition flags move to stop ‘reckless’ change

Complaints from Liberals and some crossbench MPs come after watchdog asked to use illegally obtained recordings in ongoing investigation

The Guardian - AU

‘Data doesn’t support this’: violent NSW knife crimes at a 20-year low as new penalties take effect

High-profile stabbings have led the new Labor government to get tough on knives, but statistics tell a different story

The Guardian - AU

NSW doubles penalties for knife possession despite knife-related crime falling to 20-year low

Greens say tougher penalties won’t make anyone safer as they decry ‘kneejerk’ reaction

The Guardian - AU

Doubled penalty for knife possession in public in NSW

NSW is cracking down on the rising tide of knife crimes with the maximum penalties for possessing or wielding a knife to double.

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‘Not a rare case’: Kathleen Folbigg pardon sparks calls for new body to review possible wrongful convictions

Former high court judge Michael Kirby among experts calling for a criminal cases review commission in Australia

The Guardian - AU

'Worst female serial killer' released from jail immediately after new evidence

Kathleen Folbigg, 55, spent almost two decades behind bars for murdering her children Patrick, Sarah and Laura – aged from eight months to 19 months –between 1991 and 1999. She was also found guilty in 2003 of the manslaughter of her first-born child, Caleb.

Irish Mirror

Kathleen Folbigg says her freedom is ‘a victory for science and especially truth’

Former prisoner says she is eternally grateful to her friends and will always think of, grieve for and love her children

The Guardian - AU

Folbigg's ex-husband believes his children were murdered

Craig Folbigg's lawyer, Danny Eid, says the numbness continues for him

Newcastle Herald

‘No hate in her heart’: Kathleen Folbigg laughed, drank Kahlua, mesmerised by technology in first night out of prison

Folbigg’s advocates now focused on getting convictions quashed when an inquiry into her case reports in coming weeks

The Guardian - AU

Australian abuse survivors fight to stop Catholic church’s ‘new type of cruelty’

Survivors are lobbying to change the law to prevent institutions unfairly using legal stays to stop them taking cases to trial

The Guardian - AU

‘Is this happening?’: Kathleen Folbigg’s first night as free woman

Kathleen Folbigg was in disbelief and smiling as she stepped out of a prison van in her first moments as a free woman after 20 years in jail.

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Pardon shows nation needs new body to investigate wrongful convictions

The Folbigg case is yet another demonstration that Australia needs a statutory body to investigate claims of wrongful conviction.

The Independent UK

Woman once dubbed ‘Australia’s worst female serial killer’ pardoned and freed after 20 years in prison

Kathleen Folbigg walks free in wake of scientific evidence that suggests natural causes may have led to a number of the deaths

Evening Standard

Kathleen Folbigg: Australian woman jailed for 20 years over deaths of her four children is pardoned

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of three counts of murder and one of manslaughter but has always maintained her innocence

The Conversation

Kathleen Folbigg pardon shows Australia needs a dedicated body to investigate wrongful convictions

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.

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The Guardian - AU

Kathleen Folbigg pardon: what evidence emerged over her children’s deaths and what happens next?

Attorney general says Folbigg’s lawyers can ‘initiate civil proceedings against the state of NSW for compensation’

WEKU

An Australian mother jailed 20 years is pardoned and freed because of new evidence

The pardon was seen as the quickest way of getting Kathleen Folbigg out of prison, as new scientific evidence found that her four children died by natural causes as she had insisted.

The Independent UK

Australian mother imprisoned 20 years pardoned and freed because of doubt she killed her 4 children

An Australian woman who spent 20 years in prison was pardoned and released based on new scientific evidence that her four children died by natural causes as she had insisted

The New Daily

Kathleen Folbigg ‘outside, in sunshine’ after being freed from jail

Kathleen Folbigg is "walking ... outside ... in the sunshine" after being freed after 20 years in a NSW jail, a supporter says.

Newcastle Herald

'Huge moment' says Greens MP on Folbigg's release

Greens welcome Folbigg's pardon days after trying to ensure her an early release via Parliament

Reuters

Australian woman pardoned after 20 years in jail for deaths of her four children

A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children was pardoned by New South Wales state on Monday after a judicial review found there was reasonable doubt about the original convictions.

The New Daily

Convicted killer Kathleen Folbigg pardoned over deaths of children

Convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg has been pardoned in the deaths of her sons and daughters and will be released from jail.

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