Here's a story: An Australian mother jailed for killing her four young children has been pardoned after 20 years behind bars, authorities said Monday, after an inquiry upended the case. Kathleen Folbigg was dubbed "Australia's worst female serial killer" after she was convicted..
n 2003 of murdering three of her children, and the manslaughter of a fourth. Prosecutors argued she suffocated the children, who died between the ages of nine weeks and three years old, but Folbigg has maintained each death was due to natural causes.
In 2021, dozens of scientists from Australia and abroad signed a petition calling for Folbigg's release, saying new forensic evidence suggested the unexplained deaths were actually linked to rare genetic mutations or congenital abnormalities. The END
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