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Susan Smith’s Parole Hearing Scheduled
South Carolina probation, pardon and parole board will hear high-profile case on November 20…
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Is she a danger to the community or b society at large? Likely not. Would I leave her in charge of my kids? He’ll no! Would I be in fear of my life or the lives of my family if she moved in next door to me? No.
She did a horrible thing, no doubt. I think she was mentally ill at the time. Transfer her to a mental health facility for evaluation and treatment. If everything checks out, let her go.
Who cares that she didn’t follow some bs rule about talking to a reporter?
Should you be let out if you drowned your children? How about if your spouse drowned your children to pursue an affair, would you be fine with your spouse getting parole?
Her spouse has moved on, remarried, and had more kids. He has lived his life. She has been locked away for thirty years. Her youth has gone. She has been punished. Time to let her go!
30 years is not enough time for murdering two children.
It appears Time to Forgive is one of her penpal boyfriends hoping she’ll get let out so he can finally lose his virginity.
Or some low life attorney.
After killing those 2 young boys she should never see the outside of the prison
Having sat through several hundred parole hearings, I can guarantee you that she is never getting out. Several reasons from what I’ve seen. She committed a multiple murder. The victims were children. This is her first attempt at parole. She has to convince 4 of the 6 parole committee members to grant her parole. I’ve never seen an inmate convicted of murder, rape, kidnapping, or aggravated assault granted parole. The only way this parole board grants parole is if the inmate is at the end of his/her sentence (less than a year) or has been diagnosed with a terminal illness where their chance of survivability is less than a year. Susan, nice try, good to hear from you… we’ll see you in two years when you’re again eligible to come before the board.
Put another way, there is 100% likelihood of her parole request being denied, this is all for show and following the law prior to December 1999 when violent crimes were allowed a chance at parole. All six board members will press Deny on their touch screen within 10 seconds of her victims appearance and/or statements. She’ll come on first, supposed to get no more than five minutes to state her case, then the victims will have a chance to speak. Once the room is cleared they’ll vote… I’ll be surprised if it takes more than 10 seconds for them to complete their vote. Over the past ten years, the parole board has granted parole in 6% of the cases presented, and the majority of those are drug offenses, shoplifting, and burglary.