Coverage dated December 13, 2023

Australian woman Kathleen Folbigg acquitted in deaths of her four children after 20-year fight

Headline from UPI

An Australian woman had her convictions for murdering three of her children and the manslaughter of the fourth quashed on appeal Thursday, six months on from being freed after spending more than 20 years in prison.

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  1. NBC News

    Australian court overturns woman’s 20-year-old convictions in deaths of her 4 children (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Kathleen Folbigg already was pardoned based on new scientific evidence that her four children may have died from natural causes as she had insisted.

  2. UPI

    Australian woman Kathleen Folbigg acquitted in deaths of her four children after 20-year fight (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    An Australian woman had her convictions for murdering three of her children and the manslaughter of the fourth quashed on appeal Thursday, six months on from being freed after spending more than 20 years in prison.

  3. NPR

    Australian court tosses woman's 2-decade-old convictions in deaths of her 4 children (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Kathleen Folbigg already was pardoned and released from prison in June based on new scientific evidence that her four children may have died from natural causes as she had insisted.

  4. The Guardian

    Kathleen Folbigg’s convictions for killing her four children quashed by NSW court (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Folbigg spent two decades behind bars and now says ‘they took my words out of context and turned them against me’

  5. CBS News

    Australian mother Kathleen Folbigg's 20-year-old convictions for killing her 4 kids overturned (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    She was once dubbed Australia's worst female serial killer. She'd already been pardoned, in June.

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