Pamela Smart, serving life, seeks a new trial as a New Hampshire judge weighs her latest petition
Summary
Pamela Smart, who is serving a life sentence for helping plan the murder of her husband by a teenage student, has asked a New Hampshire judge for a new trial. Her lawyers claim there were mistakes in the trial that violated her rights, including problems with transcripts of recorded conversations used as evidence.Key Facts
- Pamela Smart is serving life in prison for helping a 15-year-old student murder her husband in 1990.
- The teenage shooter was released in 2015 after serving 25 years in prison.
- Smart was convicted despite denying she knew about the murder plan.
- Her trial was one of the first in the U.S. to be broadcast live on TV from start to finish.
- Smart’s lawyers filed a petition in January asking to overturn the conviction.
- They claim the transcripts of recordings played at trial had words that were not actually audible.
- The inaccurate transcripts may have biased the jury by suggesting certain words were said.
- A New Hampshire judge is reviewing the petition and will decide in 30 to 60 days.
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