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Kathleen Folbigg’s childhood friend Tracy Chapman welcomes scientists’ push for pardon
A childhood friend of convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg says she hopes new scientific evidence and a petition signed by 90 expert scientists and doctors will be enough to see her freed from prison.
Key points:
- Dozens of scientists have signed a petition calling for Kathleen Folbigg to be pardoned
- Folbigg is serving a minimum 25 years for smothering her four babies to death over a 10-year period
- The new petition was driven by a study which found evidence that genetic mutations were “likely” responsible for the deaths of two of the children
Tracy Chapman has always believed her friend was innocent.
She speaks to Folbigg every day on the phone, and also visits her each week at the prison in northern New South Wales where she is serving her…
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