Posted on 03/12/2015 11:35:46 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The triggerman in the Pamela Smart murder trial was granted parole Thursday, nearly 25 years after he killed his school instructor's husband and launched a global spectacle packed with lurid details of sex and manipulation.
William Flynn was 16-year-old "Billy" in 1990 when he and three teenage friends carried out what prosecutors said was Pamela Smart's plot to murder Gregg Smart. Flynn pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 28 years to life in prison, minus time served before trial.
The trial was a media circus and one of the first high-profile cases about a sexual affair between an instructor and student. It inspired the Joyce Maynard novel "To Die For," which in turn was made into a movie starring Nicole Kidman.
"It's your birthday," said Donna Sytek, chairwoman of the three-person state board. "We're granting you the privilege of parole."
The board granted Flynn parole on his first attempt Thursday, his 41st birthday. He has been in a Maine prison and participated in the hearing by telephone, telling the board that he'd always be haunted by the killing.
"I will always feel terrible about what happened 25 years ago," he said. "Parole will not change that."
Pamela Smart, who was 22 when her husband was killed, was convicted of being an accomplice to first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole. She admitted seducing the boy but said she didn't plan her husband's murder.
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How is that she got life and he got a lesser term?
He is the one who pulled trigger
Pam is an evil seductress but, no one made this guy go against humanity.
And that was shortly after your 1st great grand child was born...
Where were you when Kennedy was assassinated?
If you answer, "not born yet", you're not old.
He copped a plea and testified that she’d seduced and emotionally manipulated him into the killing. She pled not guilty and opted for a trial.
I saw her and kept saying “Not Guilty.” I actually knew a young kid who wanted to break her out of prison. I told him “No.”
I remember all three networks had a
made for tv movie about this crime.
I remember Pam`s macrame bikini picture
she sent to the boys.She had those boys drooling.
Mixed emotions for the parole
I was a mere infant then. But that still qualifies as old, I guess.
I agree.......My neighbor is a convicted murderer who served 8 years in prison for killing an ex-girlfriend who was a psychopathic stalker.....I won't get into all the details.
Fortunately his appeal to the State Supreme Court was approved and they overturned his life sentence and ordered a new trial. He was given the 8 years with the two years already in prison as time served.
He's a model citizen, always was, and a devout Christian who would do anything for anyone in need..........
Both he and his wife have been a Godsend to me.........
Just wait.
If you're lucky it will get worse.
I drove around the block about 10 times waiting for the GUILTY verdict to be read.
This was way before Internet but it was a huge story in the Boston area at the time.
Pamela was close to the same age as me and I likely ran into her as one of my accounts was at the Hampton, NH school she worked at. I was servicing the office equipment there at the time.
Thanks for sharing about your friend. What a nightmare for him and his family. It’s great that you both have each other.
News video of the release here:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/12/man-who-killed-pamela-smarts-husband-granted-parole/
The ending statement by Smart shows she continues to deny what she caused. I don’t guess sociopaths get better, do they?
That's a fact and one can't undo it, but I think he was an immature, easily manipulated child. She was conniving, heartless, evil, and a predator.
Your cat is beautiful, BTW...beautiful markings. A tabby and a calico. :) And laughing about Lazy Larry...think I have seen his pics prior.
Thank you, I'll mention it to her when she wakes up........I've got many really funny pictures of Larry/Lucy on the bird feeder that I have to figure out how to download them again.......
Ping me when you post them. :)
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