Susan Smith will ask a parole board in South Carolina for her freedom for the first time on Wednesday.
Hundreds of calls led San Antonio Zoning Commission to consider changes for transit-oriented developmentRead full article: Make household chores easier and more with these Insider DealsSam’s Club is your one-stop holiday destination—join with this $20 auto-renewing membershipSusan and David Smith address reporters Nov. 2, 1994 during a news conference in Union, S.C.
This May 24, 2021 mage provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Susan Smith. Susan and David Smith address reporters Nov. 2, 1994 during a news conference in Union, S.C. They pleaded for the safe return of their sons, 14-month-old Alex, and Michael, 3, who had been missing since an alleged car-jack-kidnapping over a week earlier.
A decision to grant parole requires a two-thirds vote of board members present at the hearing, according to the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. Parole in South Carolina is granted only about 8% of the time and is less likely with an inmate’s first appearance before the board, in notorious cases or when prosecutors and the families of victims are opposed.
Smith ultimately confessed to letting her car roll down a boat ramp and into the lake. A re-creation by investigators showed it took six minutes for the Mazda to dip below the surface, while cameras inside the vehicle showed water pouring in through the vents and steadily rising. The boys’ bodies were found dangling upside-down in their car seats, one tiny hand pressed against a window,
From prison, Smith can make phone calls and answer text messages, many coming from journalists and interested men. Those messages and phone calls were released under South Carolina’s open records act, something Smith didn’t initially realize could happen. She said the invasion of her privacy upset her along with the public revelation that she was juggling conversations about the future with several men.
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