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Pamela Smart’s New Trial Bid | Albany News
Pamela Smart, serving a life sentence since 1993 for her husband’s murder, is back in the spotlight with a new bid for freedom — arguing her original conviction violated her constitutional rights. Her lawyers claim prosecutors fed the jury a misleading script by presenting transcripts with words like “killed” and “murder” that weren’t actually audible on the recordings. They also challenge jury instructions that demanded proof of premeditation and question the mandatory life sentence, which wasn’t legally required for her charge. The state counters that these claims were already addressed or…
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