| Pamela Wojas-Smart | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 16, 1967 Coral Gables, Florida |
| Penalty | Life without parole |
| Status | Imprisoned |
| Occupation | Inmate |
| Spouse | Gregory Smart (deceased) |
| Parents | John & Linda Wojas |
| Children | None |
Pamela Ann Smart (Wojas) (born August 16, 1967), is serving a life sentence for accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering in New Hampshire. Smart was convicted for conspiring with her 15-year-old lover, William (or Billy) Flynn, and his three friends to kill her 24-year-old husband, Gregory (also known as Gregg) Smart, in Derry, New Hampshire.
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Early life, education, and marriage
Smart went to high school at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, where she was a cheerleader. She went to college at Florida State University and graduated with honors with a communications degree.
Pamela Smart met Gregory Smart at a New Year's Eve party held on 1986/1987. They began to date seriously by February 1987. They married in 1989.[1] As they neared their first wedding anniversary Gregory Smart admitted he was having an affair.[2]
Smart met Flynn at "Project Self-Esteem" at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire, where Smart and Flynn were both volunteers. Smart was also employed as a media services coordinator with the Hampton school board,[3] and Flynn was a sophomore. She had also met another intern named Cecilia Pierce who was friends with Billy Flynn.
Murder
Smart was accused of seducing 15-year-old William "Billy" Flynn and threatening to leave him unless he killed her husband. Flynn did so with the help of friends Patrick "Pete" Randall, Vance "J.R." Lattime Jr.,[4] and Raymond Fowler[5] on May 1, 1990.[6] Flynn shot Gregory Smart as Randall held him down, as Lattime, the driver, waited in the getaway car outside with Fowler.[5]
During the investigation J.R. Lattime's father brought a .38 he'd found in his house to the police, believing it might have been the murder weapon. An anonymous tip also indicated that a teenager named Cecilia Pierce was aware of the plan. Police talked to Cecilia and she then agreed to wear a wire and record some conversations with Smart, in hopes that she'd say something incriminating, which she did. On August 1, 1990, Smart was arrested for the murder of her husband.
Trial
Smart's trial was widely watched and garnered considerable media attention. In her testimony, Smart acknowledged that she had had an affair with the teenager, but claimed that the murder of her husband was solely the doing of Flynn and his friends, borne as a reaction to her telling Flynn that she wished to end their relationship and repair her marriage. She insisted that she neither participated in the murder plot nor had any foreknowledge of it. Though Flynn had fallen in love with Smart when he first met her,[3] Cecilia Pierce was to testify at trial that Smart and Flynn were originally just friends. She first noticed a change around February, when Smart confessed to Pierce that she "loved Bill."
Smart was convicted on March 22, 1991 in the Rockingham County Superior Court after a 14 day long trial, of "being an accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering".[7] Billy and his friend’s testimony as well as extensive evidence were enough to convict Pamela Smart of plotting her husband’s murder. This was largely as a result of the testimony of her conspirators and secretly-taped conversations in which Smart appeared to contradict her claims of having wanted to reconcile with her husband and of having no knowledge of the boys' plot.[citation needed] Smart argued that the media had influenced her trial and conviction.[7] She could have been charged with capital murder, but the prosecution decided against it. She was given a mandatory sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The trial of Pamela Smart was the first fully televised case in the United States. [7]
Incarceration
Smart is incarcerated at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in New York State where she is serving a life sentence and her DIN number is #93G0356. Smart was transferred to Bedford Hills, a maximum security facility, from the New Hampshire State Prison for Women in Goffstown, New Hampshire in 1993. State officials stated that she was transferred because New Hampshire did not have a secure enough facility to house her, the higher security necessary due to the high-profile nature of her case. [8] Although she has not admitted responsibility for her crimes, she has conceded that if she had not had an affair with Flynn, Gregg would still be alive. [9] [10] In prison, Smart has spent her time tutoring other inmates and has completed two masters degrees, in literature and legal studies,[11] which were paid for with private funds from Mercy College. Smart became a member of the National Organization for Women campaigning for rights for women in prison.[12]
Smart also spends her time pondering the loss of a life outside of prison, and still maintains hope of having children.
In October 1996, Smart was severely beaten by inmates Mona Graves and Ghania Miller, resulting in a metal plate being placed in the left side of her face. The two inmates beat her after accusing her of snitching on them about their prison relationship. Both inmates were convicted of second-degree assault in an attack at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. The two inmates were transferred to separate prisons. [13] In 2003, pictures of her scantily clad were published in the National Enquirer and she was subsequently placed in solitary confinement. She sued claiming this amounted to unfair treatment. Her lawsuit was dismissed.[14] In 2006, Smart and fellow inmate Carolyn Warmus sued officials of Bedford Hills, claiming sexual harassment, and also sexual assault by a guard, who she also claimed coerced her into posing for the suggestive pictures published of her in 2003.[15] Pamela Smart is allowed among other items a radio, a typewriter and 25 books in her jail cell. In her spare time she says that she likes to read books, and watch television with the other inmates, including Prison Break, which is a popular show among the other inmates. She and other inmates like to prepare food but she claims that she only has one meal a day because she has such a small appetite. Ever since she was severely beaten, she takes medication for chronic pain and sometimes thinks of suicide. Pamela's counselor, Dr. Eleanor Pam, says that "She has many, many, many dark days". Smart says she still keeps track of Flynn because he is the key to her freedom. "He is one of the few people that could actually get me out of here, by coming forward and telling the truth, but he's never gonna do that," said Smart.
Albert Johnson, Smart's attorney from Boston, Massachusetts, is nationally known for his high-profile clients, such as Patty Hearst and F. Lee Bailey. In April 2004, the First U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a 2002 ruling by a federal judge who rejected her federal habeas petition. Previous to her federal appeal, Smart had exhausted all judicial appeals at the state level. In July 2005, the New Hampshire Executive Council unanimously denied a pardon request for "any conditions the governor may seek to impose."
Paroles
William Flynn and Patrick Randall are serving their sentences at the Maine State Prison in Warren, Maine. Raymond Fowler was paroled in 2003,[16], sent back to prison for violating his parole terms in 2004,[17] and paroled again in June 2005.[18] Vance Lattime had his 30 year sentence reduced by 12 years. In 2005 his sentence was reduced by three years and he was paroled.
Recent Events
In an interview by ABC News, Smart indicated she is afraid of growing old and dying in prison and would rather have had the death penalty than life. [19]
William Flynn is incarcerated at the Maine State Prison in Warren, where he earned his GED, has been active in charity work and worked as an electrician at the prison. In 2007, Flynn sought a sentence reduction after serving 16 years, stating that he had vowed not to do so until he had spent as many years behind bars as he had spent free. He also apologized to Gregg Smart's family for murdering him. The Smart family opposed the request. [20] On February 12, 2008, the request was denied, although Flynn's parole eligibility date was reduced by three years to 25 years, making him eligible for parole in 2015. [21]
In popular culture
The trial spawned a television movie starring Helen Hunt and Chad Allen, Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story, and inspired the Joyce Maynard novel To Die For (ISBN 978-0451186072), which was adapted into the Gus Van Sant 1995 movie To Die For, starring Nicole Kidman. The case was also the subject of several best-selling true crime books, including Teach Me To Kill (ISBN 978-0380766499) and Deadly Lessons (ISBN 978-0312927615). The crime series American Justice played an episode on the case "Crime of Passion: The Pamela Smart Story".
The character of Becky Burgess in feminist writer Marge Piercy's novel The Longings of Women (ISBN 978-1570420443) was inspired by Pamela Smart and the conspiracy to kill Gregory Smart .[22]
The story also inspired the musical, Alive at Ten, with music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver and book by Kirsten A. Guenther.
Pamela Smart's life is profiled on Snapped a television series on the Oxygen Network that profiles female criminals and murderers.
The Family Guy episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci, Jr. High" is somewhat based on Pamela Smart and Flynn.
The 1993 Mike Myers/Dana Carvey film Wayne's World 2 featured Garth in a brief tryst with Honey Hornée (Kim Basinger in cameo), who may be a parody of Pamela Smart (this film débuted ahead of To Die For).
References
- ^ Gregory Smart (1965 - 1990) - Find A Grave Memorial
- ^ Sex, Lies and Murder: The Pamela Smart Case
- ^ a b Sex, Lies and Murder: The Pamela Smart Case
- ^ Sex, Lies and Murder: The Pamela Smart Case
- ^ a b ABC News: Pam Smart Gunman Seeks Reduced Sentence
- ^ Sex, Lies and Murder: The Pamela Smart Case
- ^ a b c Teacher Says Her Conviction Was a Surprise - New York Times
- ^ Woman in Plot to Kill Husband Shifts Prisons - New York Times
- ^ http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/20050220aPH.htm
- ^ Sentence
- ^ ABC News: Pamela Smart 17 Yrs Later: 'Innocent'
- ^ NOW Chapter Thrives Among Inmates - New York Times
- ^ 2 inmates guilty of beating Pamela Smart December 5, 1997
- ^ Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Brought by Pamela Smart July 30, 2006
- ^ Inmate Pam Smart Sues Jail and Guard for Sexual Assault Feb 13, 2006
- ^ National Briefing | New England: New Hampshire: Parole In 'To Die For' Killing - New York Times
- ^ Man Convicted In Gregory Smart Death Behind Bars Again - WNNE News Story - WPTZ Plattsburgh
- ^ Fowler family speaks about shooter Flynn's request
- ^ Pamela Smart Maintains Innocence in Prison December 19, 2007
- ^ "Pamela Smart's former teen lover seeks sentence reduction". Associated Press (2007-10-23).
- ^ Gunman in Smart case denied release February 12, 2008
- ^ The Three of Them - New York Times
External links
- Official website
- Pam Smart links from the website of the Lane Memorial Library
- The Crime Library
- Gregory Smart Memorial at Find A Grave
- Smart Homicide Investigation
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