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A woman who rolled her car into a lake, killing her two sons, will be up for parole next month.
Susan Smith is serving life in
prison after a jury decided not to sentence her to death in her 1995 murder trial. Under the law at the time, she is eligible to ask to be released after serving 30 years in prison.
Smith, 53, will be up for parole next month, nearly 30 years after she was convicted of rolling her car into a
South Carolina lake and drowning her two children who were strapped in their car seats.
Her hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20, the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services said Monday. Parole hearings are done virtually in South Carolina with the inmate joining by a video call from prison.
Smith made international headlines in October 1994 when she said she was carjacked late at night near the city of Union and that a man drove away with her sons inside. Smith, who is white, said the carjacker was Black.
For nine days, Smith made numerous and sometimes tearful pleas asking that three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex be returned safely.
But the whole time, the boys and Smith's car were at the bottom of nearby John D. Long Lake, authorities said.……
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-smith-children-parole-carolina-b2633292.html