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Pamela Smart’s New Trial Push | San Antonio News
Pamela Smart, serving life for orchestrating her husband’s murder in 1990, is pushing for a new trial, claiming prosecutors fed jurors misleading transcripts—adding phrases like “husband killed” and “perfect murder” that weren’t spoken—manipulating what jurors heard. Her lawyers argue modern tech proves people read transcripts as if they’re audio, steering verdicts. The case, one of the first live TV trials, involved Smart’s affair with a teen who killed her husband; the shooter was freed in 2015. State lawyers now oppose the petition, saying most claims were already addressed or could’ve…
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