Lessons from Folbigg: AAFS wrongful convictions symposium
The ,">span>, in partnership with University of New South Wales, Monash Law School, and Griffith University, invites you to a half-day symposium on what we might learn from the wrongful conviction of Kathleen Folbigg. Join us for a series of critical presentations and discussions on the case and its wider implications (see program below).
Registration (free of charge) is required. On event day, registration commences at 12:45. Following the symposium, guests and AAFS members are invited to join us for drinks (at own expense) at the Essoign Bar.
Speakers
In alphabetical order:
Prof Kate Burridge Monash University
The Hon Justice John Champion Supreme Court of Victoria
The Hon John Coldrey KC
Prof Stephen Cordner AM Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Prof Emma Cunliffe Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
Dr Rachel Dioso-Villa Griffith University
Prof Gary Edmond School of Law, UNSW
Prof Jeremy Gans Law School, University of Melbourne
Rhanee Rego Kathleen Folbigg's solicitor
Assoc Prof Mehera San Roque Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW
Prof Carola Vinuesa FRS Royal Society Wolfson Fellow
Program
Subject to change
12:30 Guest arrival and registration
13:00 Welcome, opening and symposium Chair (The Hon Justice John Champion)
13:10 Griffith/Monash ARC Project on Wrongful Convictions (Dr Rachel Dioso-Villa)
13:20 Overview of R v Folbigg and its timeline (Assoc Prof Mehera San Roque)
13:50 Murder, myths and motherhood: the missteps in the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg, and its aftermath (Prof Emma Cunliffe)
14:40 Inside the camp (Rhanee Rego)
15:00 Coffee break
15:15 The mishandling of science and medicine, and legal missteps:
- Forensic pathology after Folbigg – R v Lang (Prof Gary Edmond)
- Spare a thought for juries! (Prof Jeremy Gans)
16:00 The story of the genetics (Prof Carola Vinuesa FRS )
16:30: The words that helped wrongly convict Kathleen Folbigg (Prof Kate Burridge & Prof Stephen Cordner AM)
17:00: R v Matthey – Victoria’s Folbigg case (The Hon John Coldrey KC)
17:20: Panel discussion (Mehera San Roque, Jeremy Gans, Gary Edmond, John Coldrey, Rhanee Rego, Kate Burridge. Chair: Stephen Cordner)
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