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Pamela Smart’s Latest Trial Push | Lafayette Louisiana News
Pamela Smart, the convicted mastermind behind her husband’s 1991 murder, is back in court seeking a new trial, arguing the original verdict was tainted by misleading transcripts that falsely included words like “killed” and “murder” — words never actually heard in the recordings. Her legal team claims jurors were handed a script rather than being allowed to interpret the audio themselves, and they blame sensational live media coverage and flawed jury instructions for a miscarriage of justice. Smart, now 58 and serving life without parole, recently admitted responsibility in a video, while the…
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