Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation
www.theguardian.com
Kathleen Folbigg was considered country’s worst female serial killer and spent two decades in jail. Now she is free and has cleared her name
    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      11 months ago

      It was her four kids that died while young, and article says at least two of them had a rare mutation that likely caused their deaths.

      Apparently Australia had a law where if multiple kids in a family died, it was assumed to be murder. So they didn’t need much evidence to convict her.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      61·
      11 months ago

      Genetics shows that the children had a high propensity for infant mortality of natural causes. Rtfa.

          • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            Eh, the bot has problems and frequently can miss important contextual information. But at the very least it’s gonna be better than just the headline 9 times out of 10.

  • No1@aussie.zone
    5·
    11 months ago

    Lindy Chamberlain, this woman. I’m sure there’s heaps of others.

    We get this so wrong sometimes, it’s crazy.

    Media? Justice?

    • sqgl@beehaw.org
      1·
      11 months ago

      Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated Woman’ likely to receive record compensation. Kathleen Folbigg was considered country’s worst female serial killer and spent two decades in jail

      Wrongly jailed 20 years, Aussie “worst female serial killer” likely for compensation.

      Am sure Gina Rhinehart must be the most hated woman.