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Pamela Smart’s New Trial Push | Texas News
Pamela Smart, serving a life sentence for orchestrating her husband’s 1990 murder via a teenage student, is pushing for a new trial years later, claiming the original verdict was tainted by inaccurate transcripts and overwhelming media bias. Her legal team argues key words like “killed” and “murder” were falsely added to recordings, misleading the jury — a claim the state dismisses as already addressed in prior appeals. Smart also recently admitted responsibility in a video, calling it a coping mechanism, while state lawyers insist it’s too late to reopen the case. The judge’s decision is…
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