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Kathleen Folbigg enjoying life as ‘forever free woman’

After 20 years in jail, Kathleen Folbigg is cocooned on a NSW farm, happy to simply enjoy her new found freedom as friends wrap their arms around her.

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‘I would not have survived’: inside the friendships that kept Kathleen Folbigg going for 20 years

Tracy Chapman’s unyielding push against the judicial system galvanised a support network that helped secure justice for her childhood friend

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.

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Mum pardoned for baby deaths after serving 20 years in jail speaks out

Kathleen Folbigg says her case is a ‘major victory for science’

Evening Standard

Afternoon Update: Greens and Coalition attack Labor after rate rise; strategic Ukraine dam destroyed; and a rare wolverine spotted

Political reactions came swiftly from all sides after the RBA raised the cash rate

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Pizza, binge TV: Pardoned Australian enjoys freedom after 20 years in prison

For the first time in more than 20 years, Kathleen Folbigg slept comfortably on Monday night.

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Watch: Folbigg freedom, RBA announcement

Watch: Kathleen Folbigg has spent her first night in 20 years out of prison after being pardoned for the murder and manslaughter of her four children

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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

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Central bank going ‘rogue’, senator claims – as it happened

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'Loved children terribly': Kathleen Folbigg speaks after 20 years behind bars

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Newcastle Herald

Kathleen Folbigg was demonised by a legal system that even punished efforts to establish her innocence

Submissions at Folbigg’s trial were based in misogynistic stereotypes and had no rational relationship with a charge of murder

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

Kathleen Folbigg is free. But people pardoned and exonerated of crimes face unique challenges when released from prison

In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her four children. She has now been released from prison, 20 years later, after being pardoned by the Attorney General of New South Wales.

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‘Extremely humbled’ Folbigg releases first statement

An "extremely humbled" Kathleen Folbigg has spoken out for the first time since her release from jail after 20 years behind bars.

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Kathleen Folbigg releases first statement, says she is 'extremely humbled' and 'grateful'

Ms Folbigg spent her first day of freedom since 2003 enjoying simple pleasures, like a comfortable bed and pizza, her best friend Tracy Chapman says.

Newcastle Herald

A 'grateful' Kathleen Folbigg enjoys simple joys during her first night of freedom

Kathleen Folbigg celebrates with pizza and garlic bread at her friend Tracy Chapman's farm after spending two decades in jail.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: youth prison ‘like Guantánamo’, Ukraine forces on the attack, Apple reveals VR gadget

Guardian investigation reveals litany of concerns at Townsville facility, Ukrainian troops drive back Russians, Apple’s Vision Pro unveiled

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‘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.

ABC News

The science that unlocked a rare genetic mutation in the Folbiggs — and set Kathleen free

Extensive scientific and medical evidence proved to be key to setting Kathleen Folbigg free, 20 years after she was convicted of killing her four children.

The Guardian - AU

From Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ to a state pardon: how Kathleen Folbigg walked free

She was labelled a baby killer but advocates say she has suffered one of the country’s gravest injustices

The New Daily

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.

Daily Record

Woman who denied killing her four children pardoned after 20 years behind bars

Kathleen Folbigg, 55, was convicted of killing kids Patrick, Sarah, Laura and Caleb, who all died between 1989 and 1999.

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

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Kathleen Folbigg dubbed ‘our Lindy Chamberlain’; Jacinda Ardern becomes a dame; and Barbie film drains world of pink paint

An inquiry heard that Folbigg and her two daughters had rare genetic variation and her son may have died from an underlying disorder

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