Pardon for woman who spent 20 years in prison for killing four children

Kathleen Folbigg appears via video link during a convictions inquiry in May 2019 (Joel Carrett/AAP/AP)

A woman has been pardoned and released from prison after serving 20 years in Australia for the death of her four children.

Kathleen Folbigg, 55, was released from prison in Grafton, New South Wales on Monday after receiving an unconditional pardon from Governor Margaret Beazley on the advice of the state’s attorney general.