A New South Wales woman who was wrongfully jailed for attempting to kill her husband has described public prosecutors as "monsters", after winning more than $2 million in damages.

Roseanne Beckett, from Wollongong, was jailed in 1991 for allegedly trying to solicit others to kill her husband, Barry Catt, as well as attempting to poison him with lithium.

Ms Beckett was released from jail in 2001, when new evidence came to light in the case.

The charges were quashed in a 2005 appeal, but there was never a re-trial because the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) decided not to pursue the matter.

Ms Beckett had tried to sue for malicious prosecution but was told she would have to prove her innocence first.

In 2013, Ms Beckett won a High Court bid to seek compensation on the basis of a malicious prosecution, after she asked the High Court to review the law.

Justice Ian Harrison handed down his judgment today in the Supreme Court to pay her $2 million plus costs for malicious prosecution.

'Fatally flawed' DPP wasting taxpayer dollars

Today Ms Beckett said the NSW DPP was "fatally flawed" in the way it conducted the case.

"The DPP is fatally flawed, it is broke, ineffectual, we all saw that with the Man Monis case," she said.

"Peter Thomas [former NSW DPP] ran this case right up until he died last year. The public have a right to know how their money is being wasted.

"They are monsters. They have dragged me through hell, court after court, costing the taxpayer.

"Peter Thomas had his own legal team. My legal team, my bills are enormous, many millions. Thomas paid not a cent because he had the crown at his fingertips and that is so wrong.

"Victory, at long last victory. Thank God for Judge Harrison. He's a decent learned man, he's seen it for what it is.

"For 26 years I've woke up with it. I've had nightmares. I've got a quadriplegic daughter.

"I've got her, I've had to juggle, I've had to stay on my feet and they've kicked and kicked me every turn."