There’s an amazing piece in the Good Weekend today about Kathleen Folbigg (read Murder, Medicine and Motherhood if you need a refresher). It’s a really confronting feature that made tears prick in my eyes. I take my hat off to the author, Mark Whittaker. He’s brilliant.
The opening paragraph says: “A deeper understanding of infant deaths has created fresh uncertainty about mother Kathleen Folbigg’s murder convictions.”
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/did-she-do-it-20130128-2dfnw.html#ixzz2Jg4Vb6Hn
Or be delightfully old-fashioned and buy a copy of the SMH. That’s what I’ll be doing later today. In fact, I’ll be buying two and posting one to Kathy.
Give it a read and let me know what you think.
And please ignore the terrible breakout box written by me. I’m not thrilled with it at all. It was cut down by 1000 words and reads a bit funny. Quite negative too. I’ve sent an apology letter to Kathy, hopefully she’ll still agree to see me when I visit next Saturday.
I’ll blog my full article on Monday for you.
February 2, 2013 at 7:28 am
Holy F&*k is this a worry. Firstly let me extend my admiration of you for showing compassion and stoicism to your friend. Whilst I whole heartedly think that a cop with a bee in their bonnet is all too real, I would contradict everything I stand for with media reporting from the courts. But having experienced it first hand and been profiled by an “expert” that I never met and who achieved a 100% accuracy fail in attempting that profile, the use of expert witnesses can be dangerous, especially where there is no other supporting evidence but for a theory. I think those such as yourself who use reason and who are able to think critically and independently are the finest examples of human kind. Honest.
February 2, 2013 at 10:18 am
so they didnt change what the edited of what u wrote??? bit silly
February 3, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Thankyou Alana for your words regarding this sad sad situation..xx big hug for Kathy please
February 3, 2013 at 4:54 pm
Thx Roz, will do.
February 7, 2013 at 6:07 pm
The article mentions the Waneta Hoyt case. Recent books by Charles Ewing (2008) – Trials of a Forensic Psychologist – and Gisli Gudjonsson (2003) – The Psychology of Interrogations and Confessions pages 541 to 550, available online from google books – create considerable doubt about the validity of Hoyt’s conviction.