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How science freed Kathleen Folbigg

ABC News Daily
ABC News Daily
Episode • Jun 5, 2023 • 13m
She was once dubbed 'Australia's worst serial killer', after the deaths of her four children. 
But now, Kathleen Folbigg is a free woman, after spending two decades in jail. 
In a miscarriage of justice case reminiscent of the wrongful conviction of Lindy Chamberlain, the NSW Attorney-General has pardoned the 55-year-old after new scientific evidence emerged. 
Today, ABC Background Briefing reporter Rachael Brown on Kathleen Folbigg's freedom and what it says about the judicial system. 
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