Folbig's Diary

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Kunliff says she finds it astonishing that scientists have found a possible explanation for how the children died and yet the court quote, double down on Folbig's guilt end quote. The inquiry struggle with scientific evidence did not surprise Kunliff. When courts are presented with contradictory scientific perspectives, they tend to pick sides, preferring evidence from one expert, she says.

Kathleen Folbigg has spent nearly 20 years in prison after being convicted of killing her four children. But in 2018, a group of scientists began gathering evidence that suggested another possibility for the deaths — that at least two of them were attributable to a genetic mutation that can affect heart function. A judicial inquiry in 2019 failed to reverse Folbigg’s conviction, but this month, the researchers will present new evidence at a second inquiry, which could ultimately spell freedom for Folbigg.

This is an audio version of our Feature: She was convicted of killing her four children. Could a gene mutation set her free?

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