Woman who was convicted of killing her four children and in prison since 2003 pardoned after new genetic evidence discovered

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"Researchers and legal experts are applauding the role of an independent scientific adviser in an Australian judicial inquiry whose evidence led to the pardon and release of a woman sent to prison 20 years ago. Kathleen Folbigg, jailed in 2003 over the deaths of her four young children, walked free on 5 June after the inquiry concluded there was “reasonable doubt as to the guilt of Ms Folbigg for each of the offences for which she was originally tried”. Scientists involved in the inquiry are now calling for legal reform so that there is a formal process in Australia to present emerging scientific evidence. ...
Genetic evidence not available at the time of Folbigg’s conviction revealed that rare mutations in the protein calmodulin could have caused the deaths of her two daughters, and a neurogenetic disorder could have led to the death of one of her sons. Calmodulin controls calcium concentration in cells, and among other roles helps to regulate the heart’s contractions. ..."

‘Science was heard’: woman who was convicted of killing her children pardoned after inquiry Kathleen Folbigg, who was jailed in Australia in 2003 over the sudden deaths of her four young children, has been pardoned and released in the wake of new scientific evidence.