In February 2025, the SA Law Society held their annual conference. Dr Cavanagh presented a video presentation about the Prerogrative of Mercy for the attendees.
You can watch the presentation below.
The most important requirement in all criminal trials is that the onus of establishing guilt is to the standard of beyond reasonable doubt. This standard of proof stays immovably with the prosecution throughout a trial. In Kathleen Folbigg’s case an essential element that needed to be proved beyond reasonable doubt was that she intended to kill or cause grievous bodily harm to her children.
The prosecution said that she smothered them, but failed to prove this was the case.
Kathleen Folbigg’s legal team has launched a request for a coronial inquest into the deaths of her children.
An inquest should identify the medical evidence that supports the contention that the children died of natural causes.
This is a case from Qld. Dianne Wilson-Struber and Stephen Struber were convicted over ten years ago of murdering Bruce Schuler.
The case was circumstantial and there is a building interest and having the authorities review the evidence because of serious doubts being raised about the evidence and the resulting conviction.
This article provides an historical review of injustice in the Australian legal system.
Turner contends that there was a complex relationship between the government, the judiciary and the police that involved ‘an unacknowledged agreement’ where ‘law enforcement is based on violence [that] almost necessarily involves malpractice’ and ‘[y]et none of this can be admitted by Government or Bench, because to do so would be to undermine an institution on which the power of judges and politicians depends’. In the end, corruption provides the foundation for injustice to occur.
The following account is designed to provide a brief overview of the prosecution of Kathleen Folbigg and her attempts to gain her freedom. Overview Facts In 2003 Kathleen Folbigg stood trial on four counts of murder and one of maliciously…
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