Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation. Kathleen Folbigg was considered country’s worst female serial killer and spent two decades in jail (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

It was her four kids that died while young, and article says at least two of them had a rare mutation that likely caused their deaths.

Apparently Australia had a law where if multiple kids in a family died, it was assumed to be murder. So they didn't need much evidence to convict her.

[-] jayrhacker@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Wish I didn't think laws like that were a good idea, but after dealing with the ex-wife's psychotic episode and threats to kill our child I did some digging and discovered that maternal infanticide is terrifyingly not as rare, and that it's generally not counted as "murder" for statistics purpose (many countries have separate statutes which cover it).

Over the course of your life the people most likely to kill you are: yourself, your mother, your father, some step parent, some random person. Though if you make it to 5-6 years the parents stop being as big a threat.