Prominent scientists had called for Folbigg’s release after it was discovered two daughters had a genetic variant that can cause sudden death
attorney general has ordered a second public inquiry into the conviction of the woman dubbed “Australia’s worst female serial killer”, amid claims that new scientific evidence could clear Kathleen Folbigg over the deaths of her four children.
The petition came after scientists discovered two of Folbigg’s daughters had inherited a previously unknown genetic variant from their mother, which could lead to sudden and unexpected infant death.Speakman told media on Wednesday that while he had formed a view that a pardon was “not appropriate” because the evidence “has to be tested”, he believed there were sufficient questions to warrant a second public inquiry.
“But the evidence clearly in my view reaches the necessary threshold for some kind of intervention; it certainly rises to the level of questionable doubt.
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