Kathleen Folbigg

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kathleen-folbigg

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Kathleen Folbigg born?June 14, 1967
2. Where was Kathleen Folbigg born?Australia
3. What is the convicted?2003 of murdering her four children
4. What is the incarceration period?20 years
5. Who is Kathleen Folbigg?Kathleen Folbigg is a mother who was convicted of killing her four babies, but she was later released after new science showed the deaths were natural.
6. Why were her babies taken away?Police thought she might have harmed them, but later evidence suggested the babies died from natural causes.

Circumstantial Evidence: Evidence that relies on an inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact.
Pathogenic Variant: A change in a gene that can cause disease or health problems.
Vindication: The clearing of someone's name or reputation after being wrongly accused.
Miscarriage of Justice: An error in the legal process that results in an unfair outcome.