Pamela Smart's Sentence Reduction and Parole Bid Denied by New Hampshire Courts.

New Hampshire's Supreme Court rejected Pamela Smart's latest attempt to get a sentence reduction for her role in plotting with her teenage lover to have her husband killed in 1990. Smart, who is serving life in prison, has denied knowledge of the plot. The court dismissed her petition, saying it would violate the separation of powers to order the council to reconsider a "political" question. Smart's spokeswoman said the ruling was a "continuing disappointment." Smart can refile a petition with the council every two years.