{"id":450258,"date":"2022-05-20T22:22:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/child-serial-killer-kathleen-folbiggs-conviction-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T22:22:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:22:06","slug":"child-serial-killer-kathleen-folbiggs-conviction-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/child-serial-killer-kathleen-folbiggs-conviction-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"#Child serial killer Kathleen Folbigg\u2019s conviction inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f673888e69\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f673888e69\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/child-serial-killer-kathleen-folbiggs-conviction-inquiry\/#%E2%80%9CChild_serial_killer_Kathleen_Folbiggs_conviction_inquiry%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Child serial killer Kathleen Folbigg\u2019s conviction inquiry&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CChild_serial_killer_Kathleen_Folbiggs_conviction_inquiry%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Child serial killer Kathleen Folbigg\u2019s conviction inquiry&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>CANBERRA, Australia \u2014 An Australian state attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> on Wednesday declined to pardon a mother convicted almost 20 years ago of smothering her four children to death and instead ordered a new inquiry into whether there could be a medical explanation for the tragedies.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry will be the second in three years into scientific evidence that all four of Kathleen Folbigg\u2019s children may have died of natural causes.<\/p>\n<p>A growing number of scientists say Folbigg, now 54, could be the victim of a tragic miscarriage of justice.<\/p>\n<p>The schism between legal and scientific opinion has grown with advancements in genetic research since 2003, when Folbigg was convicted on three charges of murder and one of manslaughter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Katheen-feature.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kathleen Folbigg appears via video link during a convictions inquiry at the New South Wales Coroners Court in Sydney, May 1, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-22352328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Katheen-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Katheen-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Katheen-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kathleen Folbigg <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears via video link during a convictions inquiry at the New South Wales Coroners Court in Sydney on May 1, 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A petition to the New South Wales state governor in March last year calling for Folbigg to be pardoned \u201cbased on significant positive evidence of natural causes of death\u201d was signed by 90 scientists, medical practitioners and related professionals, including two Nobel laureates.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Mark Speakman, who advises the governor on such petitions, said on Wednesday the case requires a transparent response rather than a pardon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can well understand why members of the public may shake their heads and roll their eyes in disbelief about the number of chances that Ms. Folbigg has had to clear her name, and [ask] why does the justice system allow someone who has been convicted of \u2026 multiple homicides get another go,\u201d Speakman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly there is enough of a question or doubt that this new scientific evidence raises that justifies some form of intervention,\u201d Speakman added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Kathleen-embed.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"Kathleen Folbigg walks into the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney&#10;May 19, 2003.\" class=\"wp-image-22352501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Kathleen-embed.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Kathleen-embed.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Kathleen-embed.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Kathleen-embed.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Folbigg walks into the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney on May 19, 2003.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Folbigg was sentenced to 30 years in prison and will become eligible for parole in 2028. None of her children survived to a second birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Her first child, Caleb, was born in 1989 and died 19 days later in what a court determined to be the lesser crime of manslaughter. Her second child, Patrick, was 8 months old when he died in 1991. Two years later, Sarah died at 10 months. In 1999, Folbigg\u2019s fourth child, Laura, died at 19 months.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy found Laura had myocarditis \u2014 an inflammation of heart muscle that can be fatal. Patrick suffered epilepsy and his death was attributed to an airway obstruction due to a seizure and an infection. The other two deaths were recorded as sudden infant death syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal case against Folbigg was circumstantial and relied on interpretations of vague entries she made in diaries, one of which her estranged husband read and reported to police.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the new scientific evidence, Folbigg\u2019s lawyer, Rhanee Rego, said she expects the new inquiry will consider reports from psychiatrists, psychologists and linguists that say there were no murder confessions in the diaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that the overwhelming evidence will finally free Kathleen Folbigg and prove her innocence,\u201d Rego said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Speakman said he declined an invitation from the Australian Academy of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>, an independent organization representing scientists, for an explanation of the evidence against Folbigg\u2019s guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Academy chief executive Anna-Maria Arabia said she respects the government\u2019s decision to hold a second inquiry despite many scientists agreeing there is \u201coverwhelming evidence to justify Ms. Folbigg\u2019s im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, Folbigg\u2019s lawyers successfully petitioned for a judicial investigation of her convictions based on concerns raised by several forensic pathologists.<\/p>\n<p>Retired Justice Reginald Blanch concluded in 2019 that Folbigg was \u201cuntruthful\u201d and \u201cunbelievable\u201d in attempts to obscure her guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Blanch also heard fresh evidence from Carola Vinuesa, co-director of the Australian National University\u2019s Center for Personalized Immunology, that both girls and their mother shared a recently discovered genetic mutation that is linked to abnormal heartbeats and sudden death in children.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the cardiology journal Europace from Oxford University Press published findings by 27 scientists from Australia, the United States, Canada, France, Denmark and Italy describing the genetic mutation in the Folbigg girls. The team also reported that the boys carried different and rare variants of a gene that when defective causes mice to die young from epileptic fits.<\/p>\n<p>Retired New South Wales Chief Justice Tom Bathurst will conduct the new inquiry. He could potentially recommend that Folbigg be pardoned or her convictions be quashed, Speakman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever the outcome of this inquiry, it is an extraordinary tragedy,\u201d Speakman said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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