Pamela Smart's Latest Attempt for Freedom Denied by New Hampshire Supreme Court

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has rejected Pamela Smart's latest challenge to her life sentence in prison. Smart was convicted in 1991 for convincing her teenage lover to kill her husband. She asked the state's highest court last year to reverse Governor Chris Sununu's decision to deny her a commutation hearing. The court ruled that it does not have oversight power to direct the governor and his executive council to reconsider Smart's request for a sentence reduction. Smart's only chance at release is if the New Hampshire executive branch grants her a reduction of sentence or a commutation.