Pamela Wojas met Gregory Smart at a 1986 New Year's Eve party and married three years later, in 1989.
They shared a passion for heavy metal music.
Gregory was an insurance agent.
Gregory was an insurance agent.
Seven months into the marriage, they began having problems.
Greg didn't come home one night.
When he did come home, Pamela confronted him and he told her that he had a one night stand.
She supposedly forgave him and told him she wanted the marriage to work.
Greg didn't come home one night.
When he did come home, Pamela confronted him and he told her that he had a one night stand.
She supposedly forgave him and told him she wanted the marriage to work.
She took a job as a media coordinator at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire.
Flynn was a sophomore.
He was lying in the entryway.
The crime scene looked like a disrupted burglary.
The police on the scene said that Pamela was hysterical.
As police investigate the scene, Pamela demands they stop what they are doing and listen to her theories on what happened.
Investigators stop what they are doing and listen to what she thinks happened.
She said she knew it was a burglary when she walked in.
Police say that they were surprised by this, because most people are so distraught that can't really say much and are not really focused.
The autopsy stated that Greg was killed at 9 p.m.
Supposedly, this is not a typical time for robberies to occur.
Detectives ask Pamela not to speak to the media, because it could possibly hinder the case.
Less than 48 hours after Greg's murder, Pamela phones a local tv crime reporter and asks him to interview her.
The reporter said that that was and odd thing to do.
Another thing he said he found odd was that she was dressed up and had makeup on.
He also said her behavior was strange.
He said that Pamela mentioned it was going to be her and Greg's wedding anniversary in a few days.
She said that she had the top of her wedding cake in the freezer and asked him if he wanted to take some photos of it.
She suggested it would make an emotional, poignant moment in his story.
She also stated that there is no better time in Greg's life for his death to happen...
A month later J.R. Lattime's father brought a .38 caliber pistol he had found in his house to the police.
He also said he had heard his son and his friends talking about committing a murder.
When ballistics come back, the results state that the bullet that killed Greg came from Lattime's gun.
The police on the scene said that Pamela was hysterical.
As police investigate the scene, Pamela demands they stop what they are doing and listen to her theories on what happened.
Investigators stop what they are doing and listen to what she thinks happened.
She said she knew it was a burglary when she walked in.
Police say that they were surprised by this, because most people are so distraught that can't really say much and are not really focused.
The autopsy stated that Greg was killed at 9 p.m.
Supposedly, this is not a typical time for robberies to occur.
Detectives ask Pamela not to speak to the media, because it could possibly hinder the case.
Less than 48 hours after Greg's murder, Pamela phones a local tv crime reporter and asks him to interview her.
The reporter said that that was and odd thing to do.
Another thing he said he found odd was that she was dressed up and had makeup on.
He also said her behavior was strange.
He said that Pamela mentioned it was going to be her and Greg's wedding anniversary in a few days.
She said that she had the top of her wedding cake in the freezer and asked him if he wanted to take some photos of it.
She suggested it would make an emotional, poignant moment in his story.
She also stated that there is no better time in Greg's life for his death to happen...
A month later J.R. Lattime's father brought a .38 caliber pistol he had found in his house to the police.
He also said he had heard his son and his friends talking about committing a murder.
When ballistics come back, the results state that the bullet that killed Greg came from Lattime's gun.
May 14, 1990, an anonymous tip indicated that a teenager named Cecilia Pierce was aware of the plan.
Police talked to Cecilia, who then agreed to wear a wire and record some conversations with Smart.
Pamela apparently incriminated herself in the tapes.
The tapes were of poor quality and were edited.
The transcript of the tapes didn't match what was heard.
The tapes were of poor quality and were edited.
The transcript of the tapes didn't match what was heard.
August 1, 1990, at 1:05 p.m., Detective Daniel Pelletier entered Pamela's office.
She asked, "What's up?"
"Well, Pam," Pelletier said in the recording,
"I have some good news and I have some bad news.
The good news is that we've solved the murder of your husband. The bad news is you're under arrest."
"What for?" Pamela asked.
"First-degree murder. Stand up and face the wall."
Pamela was then handcuffed, arraigned and jailed.
Pamela was accused of seducing 15-year-old Flynn and threatening to stop having sex with him unless he killed her husband.
Flynn murdered Greogry with the help of friends Patrick "Pete" Randall, Vance "J.R." Lattime, Jr., and Raymond Fowler.
Flynn shot Greggory Smart as Randall held him down.
Lattime, the driver, waited in the getaway car outside with Fowler.
The prosecution's case relied heavily on testimony from Pamela's teenaged co-conspirators, who had secured their own plea bargains before her trial began.
Arguments began March 4, 1991, Assistant Attorney General Diane Nicolosi portrayed the teenagers as naive victims of an "evil woman bent on murder."
The prosecution portrayed Pamela Smart as the cold-blooded mastermind who controlled her young lover and claimed that Pamela seduced Flynn to get him to murder her husband.
He said she could avoid an expensive divorce and benefit from a $140,000 life insurance policy.
Pamela acknowledged that she had an affair with the teenager, but claimed that the murder of her husband was solely the doing of Flynn and his friends 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 or had any knowledge of it beforehand.
She claimed that she had told Greg of her affair and that he forgave her the way she forgave him for his affair.
Supposedly she then told Flynn that she wanted to end the relationship.
Though Flynn claimed he had fallen in love with Pamela when he first met her,
Cecilia Pierce testified at trial that Pamela and Flynn were originally just friends.
Pierce first noticed a change about February.
Pamela confessed to her that she "loved Bill."
Flynn testified at trial that he was a virgin before he had sex with
After a 14-day trial came to an end on March 22, 1990,
in the Rockingham County Superior Court, Pamela was found guilty of being an accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and witness tampering.
Pamela coerced Cecilia to not say anything to authorities or to lie.
The conviction was largely the result of the testimony of her co-conspirators and secretly taped conversations in which Pamela appeared to contradict her claims of having wanted to reconcile with her husband and of having no knowledge of the plot.
She was given a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility for parole.
Pamela argued that the media had influenced her trial and conviction.
1992, William Flynn was sentenced to life in prison for second degree murder.
Arguments began March 4, 1991, Assistant Attorney General Diane Nicolosi portrayed the teenagers as naive victims of an "evil woman bent on murder."
The prosecution portrayed Pamela Smart as the cold-blooded mastermind who controlled her young lover and claimed that Pamela seduced Flynn to get him to murder her husband.
He said she could avoid an expensive divorce and benefit from a $140,000 life insurance policy.
Pamela acknowledged that she had an affair with the teenager, but claimed that the murder of her husband was solely the doing of Flynn and his friends 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 or had any knowledge of it beforehand.
She claimed that she had told Greg of her affair and that he forgave her the way she forgave him for his affair.
Supposedly she then told Flynn that she wanted to end the relationship.
Though Flynn claimed he had fallen in love with Pamela when he first met her,
Cecilia Pierce testified at trial that Pamela and Flynn were originally just friends.
Pierce first noticed a change about February.
Pamela confessed to her that she "loved Bill."
Flynn testified at trial that he was a virgin before he had sex with
After a 14-day trial came to an end on March 22, 1990,
in the Rockingham County Superior Court, Pamela was found guilty of being an accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and witness tampering.
Pamela coerced Cecilia to not say anything to authorities or to lie.
The conviction was largely the result of the testimony of her co-conspirators and secretly taped conversations in which Pamela appeared to contradict her claims of having wanted to reconcile with her husband and of having no knowledge of the plot.
She was given a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility for parole.
Pamela argued that the media had influenced her trial and conviction.
1992, William Flynn was sentenced to life in prison for second degree murder.
He was not eligible for parole for 40 years with 12 years of the minimum sentence deferred if he maintains good behavior.
Flynn was incarcerated at the Maine State Prison in Warren.
He earned his GED while in prison.
He has been active in charity work and worked as an electrician at the prison.
2007, Flynn sought a sentence reduction after serving 16 years.
He apologized to Gregg Smart's family for murdering him.
The Smart family opposed the request.
February 12, 2008, the request was denied.
Flynn's earliest parole eligibility date was reduced by three years to 25 years, making him eligible for parole in 2015.
July 2014, Flynn was moved to a minimum security facility where he allowed him to participate in a work release program.
Flynn was granted parole by the state parole board on March 12, 2015.
He was released from prison with lifetime parole on June 4, 2015.
Flynn was granted parole by the state parole board on March 12, 2015.
He was released from prison with lifetime parole on June 4, 2015.
He too served his sentence at the Maine State Prison in Warren, Maine.
March 2009, a judge reduced Randall's minimum sentence by three years to 25 years.
This made him eligible for release as early as June 2015.
Randall was granted parole by the New Hampshire Parole Board after a hearing on April 9, 2015.
He was released on June 4, 2015 on lifetime parole.
Co-conspirator, driver Vance Lattime was sentenced to life in prison as an accomplice to second-degree murder, eligible for parole in 30 years, with 12 years suspended.
Co-conspirator, driver Vance Lattime was sentenced to life in prison as an accomplice to second-degree murder, eligible for parole in 30 years, with 12 years suspended.
He was eligible for parole in 2008.
2005, his minimum sentence was reduced by three years, and he was paroled that same year.
Co-conspirator Raymond Fowler, who sat in the car during the killing, was sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to murder and attempted burglary, and he was eligible for parole after 15 years.
Co-conspirator Raymond Fowler, who sat in the car during the killing, was sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to murder and attempted burglary, and he was eligible for parole after 15 years.
Fowler was paroled in 2003, but was sent back to prison in 2004 for violating his parole terms.
He was paroled again in June 2005.
To this day Pamela claims her innocence.
She was beaten in 1996, by two inmates and had to have reconstructive surgery on her face.
Flynn and his accomplices, except for one, were in the jail together before the trail.
They were housed in the same cell block.
Some people argue that this was a mistake, that they had time to get their stories straight.
There were other people in jail with Flynn and stated Flynn was forcing himself to cry and taking drugs before going on the stand to aid him in that en devour, all to look more remorseful.
The one not jailed with the rest was Fowler.
Fowler's story didn't match the others.
He never said to anyone that Flynn killed Pamela's husband for her.
The one not jailed with the rest was Fowler.
Fowler's story didn't match the others.
He never said to anyone that Flynn killed Pamela's husband for her.
Some people say the judge didn't handle the trial very well either.
The judge didn't hand out a gag order, he didn't sequester the jury either.
Pamela was on a prescription for Prozac at the time.
She would flip flop back and forth from being severely manic and then depressed.
A witness came forward this year saying that the night before the murder, the boys were at a party.
The witness had asked Flynn if Pamela knew about his plans on murdering her husband.
Flynn supposedly said that Pamela didn't know anything about the plot.
Do you think Pamela was behind her husband's murder?
Do you think her punishment fit the crime?
I think there is a strong possibility that she asked Flynn to murder her husband, but i don't think she should be sentence to life without the possibility of parole, especially when those that actually committed the murder are free.
Charles Manson had the option for parole.....
A witness came forward this year saying that the night before the murder, the boys were at a party.
The witness had asked Flynn if Pamela knew about his plans on murdering her husband.
Flynn supposedly said that Pamela didn't know anything about the plot.
Do you think Pamela was behind her husband's murder?
Do you think her punishment fit the crime?
I think there is a strong possibility that she asked Flynn to murder her husband, but i don't think she should be sentence to life without the possibility of parole, especially when those that actually committed the murder are free.
Charles Manson had the option for parole.....
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