Pamela Smart, who is serving a life sentence for plotting the 1990 murder of her husband through her teenage student, asks a New Hampshire judge to allow her latest petition for a new trial to proceed. Multiple outlets report that Smart’s lawyers urge the court to move forward with the request, arguing for reconsideration of her conviction. The judge is currently weighing the petition, with a decision pending on whether the matter advances.
Smart was convicted in connection with orchestrating her husband’s killing, with her teenage student carrying out the attack. Since then, she has sought additional review through petitions, including the one now under consideration in New Hampshire. The coverage focuses on the procedural stage—whether the judge permits the new trial petition to go forward—rather than any new factual developments about the underlying case. Representatives for Smart and the court proceedings described by the outlets indicate that the petition is being reviewed in accordance with the legal process governing requests for new trials.
