Category Archives: Case 17 Kathleen Folbigg

A key piece of criminal justice infrastructure is missing

Posted on June 21, 2023 by andrew

Professor David Hamer and Dr Andrew Dyer from Sydney Law School explain why Kathleen Folbigg’s pardon points to the need for a Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) in Australia. 

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When pigs do fly: the Crown proved wrong in Folbigg case

Posted on June 18, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. At the murder trial of Kathleen Folbigg in 2003, prosecutor Mark Tedeschi compared the likelihood of four children in the same family dying of natural causes to pigs flying. It was the Crown’s alternative to relying on … Continue reading →

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Folbigg freed, not guilty beyond reasonable doubt, Academy of Science calls for CCRC

Posted on June 5, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban A decision by the NSW Attorney-General that should have been made four years ago by his predecessor has seen Kathleen Folbigg freed this morning on being granted a pardon by the Governor, on the recommendation of the … Continue reading →

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Reasonable doubt … but Folbigg still has to wait in jail

Posted on June 1, 2023 by andrew

NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has resisted calls from MPs to free Kathleen, 55,  immediately from prison after the state’s top prosecutor conceded new evidence had created reasonable doubt about her convictions over the deaths of her children,  according to a … Continue reading →

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Folbigg diaries a “dump” of her emotions

Posted on February 15, 2023 by andrew

Convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg told a close friend she used her incriminating diaries to “dump” her negative emotions in her grief and blamed herself, feeling that she had “failed as a mother, a woman”, letters tendered in an inquiry … Continue reading →

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Duty of disclosure lasts forever

Posted on December 23, 2022 by andrew

The duty of disclosure of “all matters within their knowledge” applies to all those who represent the Crown – and is a duty in perpetuity, write BIBI SANGHA and Dr BOB MOLES of Flinders University, in their December 21, 2022, … Continue reading →

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NSW A-G’s prejudicial remarks in Folbigg case

Posted on November 18, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. As the second inquiry into the murder convictions of Kathleen Folbigg winds up its first week, we ask why NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman made his prejudicial remarks. 

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Folbigg review starts – and extends into 2023

Posted on November 13, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The much delayed second inquiry into the Kathleen Folbigg murder conviction begins this Monday, November 14, 2022. But in a disgraceful disregard for delivering justice in a timely manner, the inquiry won’t hear crucial evidence regarding the … Continue reading →

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Kathleen Folbigg conviction next under microscope – others on the way

Posted on October 31, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The high profile case of Kathleen Folbigg’s 2003 conviction for the murder of her very young children will be under the microscope again in a second inquiry starting November 14, 2022 (listed for two weeks), with former … Continue reading →

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The lawless country?

Posted on August 27, 2022 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. You might sleep soundly in the belief that Australia has a robust, fair and competent criminal justice system. Dream on. The System itself sometimes contributes to lawlessness in the administration of justice. 

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