Senior academics write to NSW attorney-general calling for early release of Kathleen Folbigg. abc730 nswpol
A group of senior legal academics from New South Wales and Victoria have written to the NSW attorney-general, urging him to immediately release Kathleen Folbigg from prison.Last month, new scientific evidence was accepted at a judicial inquiry as grounds for reasonable doubt over Kathleen Folbigg's convictionsFolbigg has served 20 years of her 25-year sentence
In their letter to Attorney-General Michael Daley, the signatories say "there is substantial agreement … that the expert evidence supports a finding of natural causes for the children's death." Retired chief justice Tom Bathurst KC is preparing a final report but the academics say there is precedent in Australia for releasing a prisoner once significant evidence of an unsound conviction has emerged.
"The inquiry heard from a range of experts who were able to contextualise those diaries, contextualise the way that she was speaking to make it clear that these were within the range of … what one might call ordinary or normal reactions, given her circumstances, which were obviously extraordinary," Dr San Roque told 7.30."Obviously, the most probably prominent example or precedent for that would be Lindy Chamberlain," Dr San Roque said.
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