Petition to Governor For Pardon
A petition was signed on March 2 2021 and delivered to the Governor of NSW asking for the Ms Folbigg to be pardoned. The petition is presented below in full.
A petition was signed on March 2 2021 and delivered to the Governor of NSW asking for the Ms Folbigg to be pardoned. The petition is presented below in full.
The way in which criminal cases involving potential injustice are dealt with in NSW is flawed and lead to serious problems – Kathleen Folbigg is an example of the systemic failure. An alternative approach is offered in this lecture.
Read the complete copy of the grounds and submissions supporting the pardon petition for Kathleen Folbigg
On Monday this week, the Attorney General, Michael Davies, issued an unconditional pardon and immediately released Ms Folbigg from prison. Ms Folbigg had been incarcerated for 20 years after being convicted for killing each of her four children. She has…
Table of Contents McLeod-Lindsay Background Mr Alexander McLeod-Lindsay was born on 24 December 1934 and died on 17 September 2009. He was born in Scotland and migrated to Australia when he was16 years old. He came to Australia under the…
Kathleen Folbigg wrote a letter to Mr Speakman, declaring her innocence and asking him to change his view and consider the scientific evidence to recommend she be pardoned. Read the complete letter here.
Table of Contents On April 24, 2024, Dr Robert Cavanagh, barrister-at-law, presented a lecture to the bar association entitled: “Prerogative of Mercy, Pardons, and Criminal Law Review Commissions: Why bother changing a system that has been in existence for 100 years?”…