Kathleen Folbigg was convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children, and of manslaughter in the death of her fourth. Folbigg maintained her innocence and said the children had died of natural causes over a decade, from 1989-1999.
In 2019, an initial inquiry into the case reaffirmed Folbigg’s guilt. But in 2022, a second inquiry led by a former chief justice found new evidence suggested two of the children had a genetic mutation that may have caused their deaths.
Folbigg was released from prison in June this year after being pardoned.
“I am grateful that updated science and genetics has given me answers as to how my children died,” an emotional Folbigg told reporters outside a criminal appeals court in Sydney.
“However, even in 1999, we had legal answers to prove my innocence. They were ignored. And dismissed,” she said. “The system preferred to blame me rather than accept that sometimes, children can and do die suddenly, unexpectedly, and heartbreakingly.”
How could anyone be healthy after having four of their children die?!
There is reasonable doubt that she killed the children based on the available evidence as determined by legal and medical experts.
Your opinion doesn’t matter at all.
Yeah it doesn’t matter but he’s allowed to express it so what good does it telling him that it doesn’t matter and downvoting him to hell?
Humans learn behavior through trial and error and learning from others. Maybe this will be a valuable experience regarding how they come to choose their opinions and how they choose to express them, maybe not. Who knows? We’ll keep doing our part to let others know when certain opinions are intolerable or unrealistic and they can use that information as they will, if they want. Being allowed to express something doesn’t mean they are correct nor immune to criticism 🤷♀️
This is a really excellent take, written with thoughtfulness and without scorn. Nice one @[email protected] 😊
“What we believe shapes who we are. Belief can bring us salvation or destruction. But when you believe a lie for too long, the truth doesn’t set you free. It tears you apart.”
Sounds like a quote from Planescape:Torment.
Actually it’s from the TV series Altered Carbon.
Second season gave us Anthony Mackies ass, but I still prefer RoboCops first season.
Mine is the first season of Altered Carbon. Unfortunately the second season fell flat (for me) after that.