Lejuan
Super Freak
https://www.smh.com.au/national/dingo-took-azaria-chamberlain-coroner-finds-20120612-206wt.html
Some here may be familiar with the case of Azaria Chamberlain, the baby who went missing from a tent in central Australia in 1980. The incident was made into a movie with Meryl Streep in the role of Lindy Chamberlain, the mother who claimed that a dingo took the baby but was subsequently accused of cutting the baby's throat.
Through a confluence of bungling police, blinkered coroners and incompetent forensic scientists, this woman was at first cleared of any wrongdoing, then convicted of the murder of her 9-week old baby, then jailed - while pregnant - for three years. She was then released after being exonerated by a royal commission, but investigations into the precise nature of the incident have taken until now to finally conclude that the Chamberlains played no part in the disappearance of their daughter and that a dingo had, in fact, taken Azaria.
Lindy says she forgives those who proclaimed her guilty, including those in the court of public opinion who so callously and smugly determined that she was a murderer.
What an amazing woman. I can't imagine being so forgiving myself. I was around when it happened, and even as a young child I perceived the hateful atmosphere that permeated Australian society when the subject was aired. We should hold our collective heads in shame for what we as a society have put this woman through. At least justice has finally prevailed, 32 years on.
Some here may be familiar with the case of Azaria Chamberlain, the baby who went missing from a tent in central Australia in 1980. The incident was made into a movie with Meryl Streep in the role of Lindy Chamberlain, the mother who claimed that a dingo took the baby but was subsequently accused of cutting the baby's throat.
Through a confluence of bungling police, blinkered coroners and incompetent forensic scientists, this woman was at first cleared of any wrongdoing, then convicted of the murder of her 9-week old baby, then jailed - while pregnant - for three years. She was then released after being exonerated by a royal commission, but investigations into the precise nature of the incident have taken until now to finally conclude that the Chamberlains played no part in the disappearance of their daughter and that a dingo had, in fact, taken Azaria.
Lindy says she forgives those who proclaimed her guilty, including those in the court of public opinion who so callously and smugly determined that she was a murderer.
What an amazing woman. I can't imagine being so forgiving myself. I was around when it happened, and even as a young child I perceived the hateful atmosphere that permeated Australian society when the subject was aired. We should hold our collective heads in shame for what we as a society have put this woman through. At least justice has finally prevailed, 32 years on.
