Scientist calls for legal change in light of the Kathleen Folbigg case

A scientist has called for change in the legal system to allow for post-appeal mechanisms to be activated when new research and evidence comes to light, after Kathleen Folbigg was pardoned from jail yesterday.

Folbigg had been in jail for 20 years over the deaths of her four children, but new evidence found her two daughters had a rare genetic variation and her son may have died from an underlying neurogenetic disorder.

Post-appeal mechanisms are activated in these types of cases in other countries, but not in Australia, and the CEO of the Australian Academy of Science Anna-Maria Arabia believes it’s an “important opportunity for law reform”.

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