Susan Smith prosecutor explains why she didn't get life with no parole | Banfield
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
- Susan Smith, the mother convicted in 1994 of strapping her two young sons into the backseat of her car and rolling it into a South Carolina lake, is facing her first parole hearing. NewsNation’s Brian Entin is on the ground in South Carolina covering the hearing and speaking with those who lived through the case firsthand, including Tommy Pope, the prosecutor who secured Smith’s conviction.
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I was 14 when this happened. I can't believe it's been 30 years. She should never get out. How could anyone do this?
I was around 13 when this happened. I was horrified to think a mom would do what she did to her kids. And then to tell a horrible lie about what happened that scared her community . . . I just couldn’t make any sense of it. It was crazy to me as a kid.
Same here was 13 -14 yrs old
The boys didn't have a 2nd chance.😢😢
@@margittasaager7238 I just literally said the exact same thing to my husband
Killing children is the most horrific act. No parole
I am haunted by case also. I am also aware that she has misbehaved in prison. If she can't behave in prison why should we think she would behave on parole? Those two precious angel boys did not stand a chance.
This case is haunting to anyone who remembers this story breaking…….
Those beautiful babies and their father David broke my heart to realize she did this….
Susan Smith doesn’t deserve parole.
Should had got DEATHROW... Those Children Died Wondering Why there Mom didnt help them get out of that Drowing Car🙏🏾🌹🌹
Because she wanted them dead so she could be with her boyfriend unburdened by childcare!
I agree 💯
Ashleigh, as someone who lives in a nearby community, I can't ever imagine the pain that David and his family feel...I can remember anytime I was out driving, I would pray that the boys would walk out from somewhere...to find out the truth was heartbreaking for everyone...she should never be paroled and it's not right that David and his family have to go through this every 2 years
She is just evil. I remember vividly when this happened.
I'll be shocked if she gets paroled. She is one of the most hated woman in the country for what she did. But than there is Casey Anthony so I guess anything is possible
🤦♀️ right
Im not the least bit concerned she will get parole this 1st go around. If ever. Shes acted up in prison n MOST IMPORTANTLY IS UNREPENTANT.
Tommy Pope I will always have the upmost respect for him.
Meanwhile you have women like Melissa Lucio in Texas who was convicted of killing her 2-year old daughter while she was pregnant with twins. Everything with circumstantial evidence. Interrogating her for hours while she was sleep deprived and coerced into a false confession which sent her to DR. But this woman intentionally killed her sons, blamed it on a black person, wasted government time and resources, etc. Gets life with parole???
Take a breath. You’re all over the place. Focus on the issue here. You don’t always need to drag another case to justify or compare with the other.
How is it even possible for her to get parole 😢 so if she does get parole … can her x husband David please get his children back in his arms? No? Well then hell no to allow her to get parole 🤬😡😡💔
It's just the way the sentencing guidelines were set up at that time.
Does anybody remember when her husband was interviewed by Oprah? I do, they cried at the same time it was one of the saddest child deaths I have seen.
My opinion is just that. Being a mom, I can’t ever imagine doing this to m
I was a young mother with small children when this happened - it was horrifying! I loved my little ones so much & could not comprehend another mother doing that to her children....still can't.
She won’t get out.
Susan cried for her boys during her parole hearing but I never saw her cry for them during the 30 years she spent in prison.
Feel sorry for the kids father and no she doesn't deserve a second chance
If she gets out with misbehaving in prison and the actual killing of her children, they should really look at the Memendez Brothers.
Yeah, she tried to use a black man as scapegoat almost worked damn shame. Hell no she shouldn’t get out.
Yet we live in a world where if she aborted her children for ANY reason nobody would’ve cared.
I pray that Almighty God will keep her in prison until she takes that last breath.. what she really needs to do is repent and ask God in Jesus name to save her soul from hell before it's too late.
She is a psychopath. Woman has no concept of what is empathy or even real love.
I remember when it happened how any mother could kill her babies prison for life she gets no sympathy from me she is a fake just wanting out of prison my heart ❤️ aches for David 😢😢
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