Pamela Smart#Murder of Gregg Smart

Pamela Smart was born Pamela Wojas in Coral Gables, Florida, on August 16, 1967, the daughter of John and Linda Wojas. She grew up in Miami before her family moved to Derry, New Hampshire, when she was in the eighth grade.[https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/pamela-smart-manipulated-billy-flynn-killing-husband How Pamela Smart Manipulated Her 15-Year-Old Student (And Lover) Into Killing Her Husband]. Smith, Benjamin H. Oxygen.com. July 23, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2020. Pamela attended secondary school at Derry's Pinkerton Academy, where she was a cheerleader, and graduated from Florida State University (FSU) with a degree in communications, in the track entitled "Media Performance." At FSU, she was the host of a college radio program, where she called herself the "Maiden of Metal."[http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/verdict_guilty.htm Sex, Lies, and Murder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810022715/http://hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/verdict_guilty.htm |date=2020-08-10}}. Pawula, Larissa. Portsmouth, New Hampshire Herald. March 27, 1991. Retrieved October 2, 2020.

Pamela met Greggory Smart while she visited New Hampshire over Christmas break in 1986. They formed a relationship in February 1987 and married two years later, with Greggory moving to Florida to live with Pamela during her senior year at FSU.Smith Seven months into their marriage, the couple began having difficulties in their relationship. Pamela took a job as a media coordinator at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire,{{cite web|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |title=Sex, Lies & Murder: The Pamela Smart Case |author=Jan Bouchard Kerr |website=crimelibrary.com |access-date=February 15, 2015 |page=3 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215233410/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |archive-date=February 15, 2015}} where she met sophomore student William "Billy" Flynn at Project Self-Esteem, a school drug awareness program where both were volunteers. Pamela also met another intern named Cecelia Pierce, who was friends with Flynn.{{cite web |url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/equinox2006_8.htm |title=The tapes that convicted Smart: Cecelia Pierce's role |publisher=Keene Equinox |access-date=2017-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307050028/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/equinox2006_8.htm |archive-date=2017-03-07 |url-status=live}}

On May 1, 1990, Pamela came home from a meeting at work to find her condominium ransacked and her husband Greggory murdered. Police officials said the crime scene looked like a disrupted burglary. Pamela was later accused of seducing 15-year-old Flynn and threatening to withhold sex from him unless he killed her husband. Flynn did so with the help of friends Patrick "Pete" Randall, Vance "J.R." Lattime, Jr., and Raymond Fowler.{{cite web|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |title=Sex, Lies & Murder: The Pamela Smart Case |author=Jan Bouchard Kerr |website=crimelibrary.com |access-date=February 15, 2015 |pages=6–8 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215233410/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |archive-date=February 15, 2015}}

During the investigation, Lattime's father brought a .38 caliber pistol he had found in his house to the police, believing it might have been the murder weapon. On May 14, an anonymous tip also indicated that Pamela's friend Cecelia Pierce was aware of the plan. Police talked to Pierce, who agreed to wear a wire and record conversations with Pamela in hopes that she would say something incriminating, which she did.{{cite news|last1=West|first1=Nancy|title=Breaking Silence: Cecelia Pierce Speaks - New Hampshire Magazine - November 2016|url=http://www.nhmagazine.com/November-2016/Breaking-Silence-Cecelia-Pierce-Speaks/|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=www.nhmagazine.com|agency=New Hampshire Magazine|issue=November 2016|publisher=McLean Communications.|date=November 2016|language=en|quote=When I saw her trying to get her sentence reduced, it makes my blood turn cold|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018072004/http://www.nhmagazine.com/November-2016/Breaking-Silence-Cecelia-Pierce-Speaks/|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}

On August 1, 1990, Detective Daniel Pelletier approached Pamela in her school's parking lot. Smart recognized him, having spoken to him on at least six other occasions. Taken by surprise, she asked, "What's up?" "Well, Pam," Pelletier said in the recording, "I have some good news and I have some bad news. The good news is that we've solved the murder of your husband. The bad news is you're under arrest."{{cite book|last1=Holmes|first1=Richard|title=The Road to Derry: A Brief History|date=2009|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781625842626|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hsJ2CQAAQBAJ&q=Detective+Daniel+Pelletier++Pamela+Smart&pg=PT47|access-date=October 17, 2017|language=en}} "What for?" Smart asked. "First-degree murder."{{cite web|title=On This Day, August 16 - Cane and Able Travel|url=http://caneandable.com.au/2012/08/16/day-august-16/|website=caneandable.com.au|publisher=Cane & Able|access-date=October 17, 2017|date=August 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071901/http://caneandable.com.au/2012/08/16/day-august-16/|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}} Smart was then handcuffed and arraigned at the Derry District Court and jailed at the New Hampshire State Prison for Women, which was in Goffstown at the time.{{cite news |last1=Connors |first1=Cara |title=Wife held in Derry murder {{!}} Hampton Union |url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/19900803HUa.htm |access-date=August 20, 2018 |work=RCN Staff |agency=www.hampton.lib.nh.us |publisher=Hampton Union |date=August 3, 1990 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820140958/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/19900803HUa.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}

Smart's trial was widely watched and garnered considerable media attention, partly because it was one of the first in the U.S. to allow TV cameras in the courtroom. She faced life in prison if convicted. The prosecution's case relied heavily on testimony from Smart's teenaged co-conspirators, who had secured their own plea bargains before her trial began.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2019/01/15/feature/the-enduring-appeal-of-pamela-smart-the-misunderstood-murderess/|title=Do you remember Pamela Smart?|last=Roig-Franzia|first=Manuel|date=January 15, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202235307/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2019/01/15/feature/the-enduring-appeal-of-pamela-smart-the-misunderstood-murderess/|archive-date=February 2, 2019|url-status=live}}

When oral arguments began March 4, 1991, Assistant Attorney General Diane Nicolosi portrayed the teenagers as naïve victims of an "evil woman bent on murder." The prosecution portrayed Pamela Smart as the cold-blooded mastermind who controlled her underaged sex partner. Nicolosi claimed that Smart seduced Flynn to get him to murder her husband, so that she could avoid an expensive divorce and benefit from a $140,000 life insurance policy. In her testimony, Smart acknowledged that she had what she termed an affair with the underaged boy, but claimed that the murder of her husband was solely the doing of Flynn and his friends as a reaction to her telling Flynn that she wished to end their relationship and repair her marriage. She insisted that she neither participated in the murder plot nor had any foreknowledge of it. Though Flynn claimed he had fallen in love with Smart when he first met her,{{cite web|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |title=Sex, Lies & Murder: The Pamela Smart Case |page=4 |author=Jan Bouchard Kerr |website=crimelibrary.com |access-date=February 15, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215233410/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |archive-date=February 15, 2015}} Cecelia Pierce testified at trial that Smart and Flynn were originally just friends. Pierce first noticed a change about February, when Smart confessed to her that she "loved Bill." Flynn testified at trial that he was a virgin before he had sex with Pamela Smart.

After a 14-day trial that culminated on March 22, 1991, in the Rockingham County Superior Court, Smart was found guilty of being an accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and witness tampering. The tampering stemmed from Smart's coercing Pierce to lie to authorities or not to say anything to them.{{cite news |title=Teacher Says Her Conviction Was a Surprise |agency=Associated Press |date=April 1, 1991 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/01/us/teacher-says-her-conviction-was-a-surprise.html |page=A11 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403020850/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/01/us/teacher-says-her-conviction-was-a-surprise.html |archive-date=April 3, 2017 |url-status=live}} The conviction was largely the result of the testimony of her co-conspirators and secretly taped conversations in which Smart appeared to contradict her claims of having wanted to reconcile with her husband and of having no knowledge of the boys' plot.{{cite web|url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |title=Sex, Lies & Murder: The Pamela Smart Case |page=13 |author=Jan Bouchard Kerr |website=crimelibrary.com |access-date=February 15, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215233410/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/smart/1.html |archive-date=February 15, 2015}} She could have been charged with capital murder, but the prosecution decided against it. Later that day, she was given a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility for parole.

Smart argued that the media had influenced her trial and conviction, as she explained in the 2014 HBO documentary Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart.

In March 2023, the New Hampshire Supreme Court dismissed Pamela Smart's chance of freedom. This came after asking the Supreme Court to reverse Gov. Chris Sununu's decision to deny her a commutation hearing.{{Cite web |title=New Hampshire high court rejects Pamela Smart's latest chance at freedom |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/pamela-smart-case-new-hampshire-high-court-rule/story?id=98187913 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=ABC News |language=en}}

Smart is serving her life sentence at the maximum-security Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Westchester County, New York, where she was transferred in 1993 from the New Hampshire State Prison for Women in Goffstown. At the time, New Hampshire officials said the transfer was for unspecified "security reasons."{{cite news |title=Woman in Plot to Kill Husband Shifts Prisons |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/12/us/woman-in-plot-to-kill-husband-shifts-prisons.html |date=March 12, 1993 |page=A14 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802083849/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/12/us/woman-in-plot-to-kill-husband-shifts-prisons.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=live}} Co-defendants William Flynn and Patrick Randall were also transferred out-of-state, in both cases to the Maine State Prison in Warren, Maine.

The specific reasons for Smart's transfer are unclear. In 2007, a senior assistant in the state attorney general's office told the Keene State Equinox that Smart was transferred due to discipline problems. While she had accrued 22 disciplinary reports, all but two of them were for minor offenses. Deputy Compact Administrator Denise Heath claimed that at the time, there were fears that the State Prison for Women was not suitable for a high-profile inmate like Smart, and that it would be too easy for someone to break her out. However, New Hampshire has never had a formal transfer agreement with New York; Heath believed the transfer was a "commissioner to commissioner" arrangement. Smart's family maintains they were never informed of the transfer.{{cite news|url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/equinox2006_3.htm|title=Prison a 'sentence without hope' for Pam Smart|last=Bergeron|first=Denise|newspaper=Keene State Equinox|date=April 20, 2006|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620224426/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/equinox2006_3.htm|archive-date=June 20, 2015|url-status=live}}

Although she maintained her innocence, Smart conceded that her husband would still be alive if she had not had an affair with Flynn, a minor.{{cite news |last=Dinan |first=Elizabeth |title=Life, With Nothing To Lose |date=February 20, 2005 |work=The Portsmouth Herald |url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/20050220aPH.htm |access-date=July 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113012339/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/20050220aPH.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |url-status=live}} While in prison, Smart has tutored other inmates and has completed two master's degrees with concentrations in literature and legal studies from Mercy College,{{cite news|first=Thomas|last=Zarbino|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/die-killer-teacher-pamela-smart-payday-lawsuit-article-1.298706|title='To Die For' killer teacher may get payday in lawsuit|newspaper=New York Daily News|publisher=Tronc|location=New York City|date=October 4, 2008|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315002625/http://www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/die-killer-teacher-pamela-smart-payday-lawsuit-article-1.298706|archive-date=March 15, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Pamela Smart Maintains Innocence in Prison |date=December 19, 2007 |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/HolidayTheme/Story?id=3555182&page=2 |work=Good Morning America |publisher=ABC News |access-date=June 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529015824/http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/HolidayTheme/Story?id=3555182&page=2 |archive-date=May 29, 2008|url-status=dead }} which were paid for with private funds from Mercy College. Smart became a member of the National Organization for Women, campaigning for rights for women in prison.{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=James V. |date=December 29, 1996 |title=NOW Chapter Thrives Among Inmates |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/29/nyregion/now-chapter-thrives-among-inmates.html |page=13WC–1 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802141243/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/29/nyregion/now-chapter-thrives-among-inmates.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=live }}

In October 1996, Smart was severely beaten by two fellow inmates. She sustained a fractured nose and a broken eye socket, which resulted in the insertion of a plastic plate in the left side of her face. The two inmates beat Smart after they accused her of snitching on them about their prison relationship. They were both convicted of second-degree assault in the attack on Smart at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and were subsequently transferred to separate prisons.{{cite news |last=Fitzgerald |first=Jim |url=http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-97/12-05-97/c09sr106.htm |title=2 inmates guilty of beating Pamela Smart |date=December 5, 1997 |agency=Associated Press |work=South Coast Today |access-date=February 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027044710/http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/12-97/12-05-97/c09sr106.htm |archive-date=October 27, 2010 |url-status=live }} As a result of the beating, Smart takes medication for chronic pain and sometimes thinks of suicide. Her counselor, Eleanor Pam, says that "she has many, many, many dark days."{{cite magazine |last1=Hewitt |first1=Bill |last2=Bane |first2=Vickie |date=April 2, 2007 |title=Lives Behind Bars |url=https://people.com/archive/lives-behind-bars-vol-67-no-13/ |magazine=People |publisher=Meredith Corporation |location=New York City |access-date=August 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821124724/https://people.com/archive/lives-behind-bars-vol-67-no-13/ |archive-date=August 21, 2018 |url-status=live}}

Smart says she still keeps track of Flynn because she regards him as being the key to her freedom, before the 2023 ruling. "He is one of the few people that could actually get me out of here, by coming forward and telling the truth, but he's never gonna do that," said Smart.{{cite news |last1=Souza |first1=Dawn |title=Decade later, Pam still smarts over conviction |url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/20000229ET.htm |access-date=August 20, 2018 |work=Lawrence Eagle-Tribune |date=February 29, 2000 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820105908/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/20000229ET.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}

In 2003, photos of a scantily clad Smart were published in the National Enquirer. She filed a complaint against the prison and was placed in solitary confinement for two months. Smart sued in relation to her placement in solitary, but the lawsuit was dismissed.{{cite news |title=Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Brought by Pamela Smart |url=http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=39287 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209123230/http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=39287 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |agency=Associated Press |work=WCSH6.com |date=July 30, 2006 }} In 2004, Smart and fellow inmate Carolyn Warmus sued officials of Bedford Hills, claiming sexual harassment, and sexual assault by a corrections officer, who they said coerced them into posing for the suggestive pictures published in 2003.{{cite news |last=Cosby |first=Rita |title=Inmate Pam Smart sues jail and guard for sexual assault |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11325793 |date=February 13, 2006 |work=NBC News |access-date=November 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910210918/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11325793 |archive-date=September 10, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=N.Y. May Settle Smart Lawsuit |last=Cronin |first=Patrick |work=Hampton Union |date=October 7, 2008 |url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/pamsmartHU20081007.htm |access-date=November 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113213135/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/pamsmartHU20081007.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2009 |url-status=live}} On November 5, 2009, a U.S. District Court Judge approved a $23,875 judgment to Smart from the State of New York. Smart received $8,750, while her attorney received the remaining balance for attorney fees.{{cite news |last1=Cronin |first1=Patrick |title=Pamela Smart Receives $23K Payday {{!}} Hampton Union |url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/20091106HU.htm |access-date=August 20, 2018 |publisher=www.hampton.lib.nh.us |date=November 6, 2009 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820141236/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/20091106HU.htm |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}

While serving her sentence, Smart took part in a writer's workshop, which was facilitated by playwright Eve Ensler. The workshop and Smart's writing were exhibited in the 2003 PBS documentary What I Want My Words to Do to You.{{IMDb title|0343173|What I Want My Words to Do to You}}

In April 2004, the First U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a 2002 ruling by a federal judge who rejected her federal habeas petition. Prior to her federal appeal, Smart had exhausted all judicial appeals at the state level. In July 2005, the New Hampshire Executive Council unanimously denied a pardon request for "any conditions the governor may seek to impose." In an interview with ABC News, Smart indicated she is afraid of growing old and dying in prison and would rather have been given the death penalty.{{cite news |title=Pamela Smart Maintains Innocence in Prison |date=December 19, 2007 |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/HolidayTheme/story?id=3555182 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726043646/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/HolidayTheme/story?id=3555182 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |work=Good Morning America |publisher=ABC News}}

On March 29, 2023, it was reported that Smart lost her final appeal.

On June 11, 2024, as part of an effort to get a sentence reduction, a videotaped statement was released where for the first time ever, Smart accepted responsibility for her husband's death by asserting that she should have "seen the signs", with regard to her allegation that Flynn's actions were of his own volition.{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/pamela-smart-takes-responsibility-for-husbands-1990-killing-for-the-first-time|title=Pamela Smart, serving life, accepts responsibility for her husband's 1990 killing for the first time|first=Kathy|last=McCormack|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 11, 2024|accessdate=June 11, 2024}} She claimed it was done as part of some inner work she was doing on herself.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=Pamela Smart takes responsibility for her husband's 1990 murder in prison video statement |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pamela-smart-takes-responsibility-husbands-1990-murder-prison-video-st-rcna156605 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

In 1992, Bill Flynn was sentenced to life in prison for second degree murder; not eligible for parole for 40 years with 12 years of the minimum sentence deferred if he maintains good behavior. Flynn was incarcerated at the Maine State Prison in Warren, where he earned his GED, has been active in charity work and worked as an electrician at the prison. In 2007, Flynn sought a sentence reduction after serving 16 years, stating that he had vowed not to do so until he had spent as many years behind bars as he had spent free.{{cite news |url=http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=73098 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918005413/http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=73098 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |title=Pamela Smart's former teen lover seeks sentence reduction |agency=Associated Press |work=WCSH6.com |date=October 23, 2007}} He also apologized to Gregg Smart's family for murdering him. The Smart family opposed the request. On February 12, 2008, the request was denied, although Flynn's earliest parole eligibility date was reduced by three years to 25 years, making him eligible for parole in 2015.[http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/12/smart.gunman.ap/ Gunman in Smart case denied release] February 12, 2008 In July 2014, Flynn was moved to a minimum security facility in Warren, Maine; the transfer allowed him to participate in a work release program.{{cite news |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140712-NEWS-407120316 |title=Greg Smart's killer, Billy Flynn, out of jail on work release |author=Kyle Stucker |publisher=Seacoast Media Group |date=2014-07-12 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718023804/http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140712-NEWS-407120316 |archive-date=2014-07-18 |url-status=live}}

Flynn was granted parole by the state parole board on March 12, 2015, and was released from prison with lifetime parole on June 4, 2015, a few days past the 25th anniversary of Gregg Smart's death.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/teen-killer-pamela-smarts-lover-is-granted-parole/ |title=Teen killer, Pamela Smart's lover, is granted parole |website=Fox News |agency=Associated Press |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=2015-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110191305/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/12/teen-killer-pamela-smart-lover-is-granted-parole/ |archive-date=2015-11-10 |url-status=live }}

Like Flynn, Patrick Randall was also sentenced to life in prison for second degree murder, eligible for parole after 40 years with 12 years deferred, making him eligible as early as 2018.{{cite web |url=http://t.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20090317/NEWS/903170335&template=tabletart |title=Early release awarded to conspirator in Pam Smart murder |author=Elizabeth Dinan |publisher=Seacoast Media Group |date=2009-05-17 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827133957/http://t.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=%2F20090317%2FNEWS%2F903170335&template=tabletart |archive-date=2014-08-27 |url-status=live }} He too served his sentence at the Maine State Prison in Warren, Maine. In March 2009, a judge reduced Randall's minimum sentence by three years to 25 years, making him eligible for release as early as June 2015.[https://archive.today/20120729041017/http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_072225952.html?keyword=secondarystory/ Judge cuts sentence for accomplice in Smart murder case] March 14, 2009 Randall was granted parole by the New Hampshire Parole Board after a hearing on April 9, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_27879598/pamela-smart-case-accomplice-paroled-die-murder|title=Pamela Smart case: Accomplice paroled in 'To Die For' murder|date=2015-04-09|work=mercurynews.com|access-date=2015-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707071730/http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_27879598/pamela-smart-case-accomplice-paroled-die-murder|archive-date=2015-07-07|url-status=live}} He was released on June 4, 2015, on lifetime parole, the same day as co-conspirator Flynn's release and a few days past the 25th anniversary of Gregg Smart's death.{{cite news |title=25 years after Smart murder, William Flynn and Patrick Randall paroled from prison {{!}} New Hampshire |url=http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20150604/NEWS03/150609482 |access-date=August 7, 2018 |work=Staff Report |agency=UnionLeader.com |publisher=Union Leader Corporation |date=June 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404052001/http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20150604%2FNEWS03%2F150609482 |archive-date=2016-04-04 |location=MANCHESTER, NH |language=en |url-status=dead}}

Conspirator and driver Vance Lattime was sentenced to life in prison as an accomplice to second-degree murder, eligible for parole after 30 years with 12 years suspended.{{cite news |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/driver-in-smart-murder-granted-parole |title=Driver in Smart murder granted parole |author=Beverley Wang |author-link=Beverley Wang |newspaper=Concord Monitor |date=2005-07-14 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821160117/http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/driver-in-smart-murder-granted-parole |archive-date=2012-08-21 |url-status=dead}} In 2005, his minimum sentence was reduced by three years, and he was released on lifetime parole that same year, 15 years after Gregg Smart's death. In 2023, Lattime was denied a sentence reduction that would have seen his parole end.{{cite web | url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2023/01/12/pamela-smart-case-getaway-driver-denied-parole-supervision/69802186007/ | title=Pamela Smart case getaway driver denied parole supervision end }}

Conspirator Raymond Fowler (who waited in the car during the killing) was sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to murder and attempted burglary, and parole eligibility after 15 years.{{cite news |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/pamela-smart-accomplice-released |title=Pamela Smart Accomplice Released |author=Beverley Wang |author-link=Beverley Wang|newspaper=Concord Monitor |date=2005-06-15 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821160208/http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/pamela-smart-accomplice-released |archive-date=2012-08-21 |url-status=dead }} Fowler was paroled in 2003, 13 years after Gregg Smart's death, but was sent back to prison in 2004 for violating his parole terms.{{cite news |last=Zezima |first=Katherine |title=Parole In 'To Die For' Killing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/04/us/national-briefing-new-england-new-hampshire-parole-in-to-die-for-killing.html |work=The New York Times |page=A18 |date=April 4, 2003 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802093217/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/04/us/national-briefing-new-england-new-hampshire-parole-in-to-die-for-killing.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Man Convicted In Gregory Smart Death Behind Bars Again |url=http://www.wptz.com/wnne/3588116/detail.html |date=July 28, 2004 |work=WNNE/WPTZ.com |access-date=2008-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719011117/http://www.wptz.com/wnne/3588116/detail.html |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead}} He was paroled again in June 2005.{{cite news |last=Morse |first=Susan |title=Fowler family speaks about shooter Flynn's request |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080125/NEWS/80125025 |work=seacoastonline.com |date=January 25, 2008 |access-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902151622/http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080125%2FNEWS%2F80125025 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}

• The case was the subject of several true crime books, including Teach Me To Kill ({{ISBN|978-0380766499}}){{cite web|date=1991|title=Teach Me to Kill by Stephen Sawicki: 9780380766499|url=https://www.abebooks.com/Teach-Kill-Stephen-Sawicki-Avon-Books/11791155287/bd|access-date=October 17, 2017|website=www.abebooks.com|publisher=Avon Books (Mm)|language=en}} and Deadly Lessons ({{ISBN|978-0312927615}}).{{cite book|last1=Englade|first1=Ken|url=https://archive.org/details/deadlylessons00engl|title=Deadly Lessons|date=January 7, 1991|publisher=St. Martin's Paperbacks|isbn=978-0312927615|location=New York|language=en|access-date=October 17, 2017}}
• The case was featured in the books Till Death Do Us Part ({{ISBN|978-1416523130}}), about murderous spouses,{{cite book|last1=Ludwig|first1=Robi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2StRZcomfF0C&q=%27Till+Death+Do+Us+Part%3A+Love%2C+Marriage%2C+and+the+Mind+of+the+Killer+Spouse+%28Pamela+Smart%29&pg=PA109|title='Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse|last2=Birkbeck|first2=Matt|date=2006|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781416523130|language=en}} Evil Women ({{ISBN|978-1788284660}}), about women who commit murder,{{cite book|last1=Marlowe|first1=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bR0sDwAAQBAJ&q=pamela+smart&pg=PT119|title=Evil Women|date=2017|publisher=Arcturus Publishing|isbn=9781788284660|language=en|access-date=October 18, 2017}} and American Murder ({{ISBN|978-1788284660}}), which compares media portrayals of famous crimes with the facts.{{cite book|last1=Mayo|first1=Mike|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w2-DBwAAQBAJ&q=pamela+smart&pg=PA324|title=American Murder: Criminals, Crimes, and the Media|date=2008|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=9781578592272|location=Chicago|language=en}}
• Dean J. Smart, brother of murder victim Gregg Smart, released his memoir Skylights and Screen Doors ({{ISBN|978-1-936680023}}), on April 7, 2011.{{cite news|last1=TRUESDELL|first1=JEFF|title=Billy Flynn, Killer of Pamela Smart's Husband, Is Moved to Work-Release Program|url=http://people.com/crime/billy-flynn-killer-of-pamela-smarts-husband-is-moved-to-work-release-program/|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=PEOPLE.com|publisher=Time Inc.|date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013417/http://people.com/crime/billy-flynn-killer-of-pamela-smarts-husband-is-moved-to-work-release-program/|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Smart|first1=Dean J.|title=Skylights and Screen Doors|date=2011|publisher=Mont Clair Press|isbn=9781936680023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTD2tgAACAAJ&q=pamela+smart|access-date=October 18, 2017|language=en}}
• Joyce Maynard drew several elements from the case for her 1992 novel To Die For ({{ISBN|978-0451186072}}).{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: To Die for by Joyce Maynard, Author (304p) ISBN 978-0-525-93396-0|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-525-93396-0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013032/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-525-93396-0|archive-date=October 18, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017|website=PublishersWeekly.com|publisher=Dutton Books|language=en}}
• The character of Becky Burgess in feminist writer Marge Piercy's novel The Longings of Women ({{ISBN|978-0449909072}}){{cite book|last1=Piercy|first1=Marge|title=The Longings of Women : a novel|date=1994|publisher=Fawcett Columbine|location=New York|isbn=978-0-449-90907-2|edition=1st|url=https://archive.org/details/longingsofwomenn00pier|access-date=October 17, 2017}} was inspired by Pamela Smart and the conspiracy to kill Greggory Smart.{{cite news|last1=Wynn|first1=Judith|title=Marge Piercy Tells A Cautionary Tale Of Women On The Edge|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/04/17/marge-piercy-tells-a-cautionary-tale-of-women-on-the-edge/|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=April 17, 1994|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013143/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-04-17/entertainment/9404170067_1_longings-becky-burgess-clients|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}

• The case was the basis for the NBC Television crime and drama series Law & Order Season 2, Episode 9 "Renunciation", originally aired November 19, 1991.{{cite web|title="Law & Order" Renunciation (TV Episode 1991)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629400/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt|website=www.imdb.com|publisher=National Broadcasting Company (NBC)|access-date=October 17, 2017|date=November 19, 1991}}
• The trial was the basis of the television movie Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story, starring Helen Hunt and Chad Allen, released 1991.{{cite web|title=Murder in New Hampshire (1991) - Overview - TCM.com|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414856/murder-in-new-hampshire|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Robert Greenwald Productions Inc.|access-date=October 17, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013533/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414856/Murder-in-New-Hampshire/|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}
• Joyce Maynard's novel was adapted by Buck Henry for Gus Van Sant's 1995 movie To Die For, starring Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon as the fictional wife and husband, and Joaquin Phoenix as the wife's underaged sex partner.{{cite news |last=Helling |first=Steve |url=http://people.com/crime/pamela-smart-upset-about-nicole-kidmans-portrayal-in-to-die-for/ |title=Pamela Smart: Nicole Kidman's Portrayal in To Die For was 'Embarrassing' and 'One-Dimensional' |work=People Crime |publisher=Time Inc |date=2016-03-19 |access-date=2017-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044827/http://people.com/crime/pamela-smart-upset-about-nicole-kidmans-portrayal-in-to-die-for/ |archive-date=2017-03-08 |url-status=live }}
• Reel Crime/Real Story a short lived crime documentary series from the Investigation Discovery channel, detailed crimes that became the basis for movies. Smart's crimes are detailed in the episode titled "To Die For" Season 1, Episode 3, originally aired: June 12, 2012.{{cite web |title=Reel Crime/Real Story {{!}} To Die For |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2152624/ |website=IMDb.com |access-date=August 19, 2018 |language=en |date=June 12, 2012 |quote=Reel Crime/Real Story, tells the true crime story of Pamela Smart, the 22-year-old high school teacher accused of persuading her teenage student and lover to kill her ... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211232706/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2152624/ |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Reel Crime/Real Story {{!}} TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/reel-crimereal-story/episode-3-season-1/to-die-for/375746/ |website=TVGuide.com |access-date=August 19, 2018 |language=en |date=June 12, 2012 |quote=A woman's love affair with a teenager culminates in the murder of her husband in this look at the crimes that inspired "To Die For." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819150056/https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/reel-crimereal-story/episode-3-season-1/to-die-for/375746/ |archive-date=August 19, 2018 |url-status=live}}
• The crime series American Justice played an episode on the case: "Crime of Passion: The Pamela Smart Story", aired May 25, 1996.{{cite web|title=Crimes of Passion: The Pamela Smart Story (Season 3 {{!}} Episode 11)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401180/|publisher=A&E Television Networks|access-date=October 17, 2017|date=May 25, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211002044/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401180/|archive-date=February 11, 2017|url-status=live}}
• The murder was parodied in an episode of the animated sitcom Family Guy, "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High", season 4, episode 2, aired May 8, 2005.{{cite web|title=Family Guy: Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High|url=http://www.tbs.com/shows/family-guy/season-4/episode-2/fast-times-at-buddy-cianci-jr-high|website=www.tbs.com|publisher=20th Century Fox Television|access-date=October 17, 2017|language=en|date=May 8, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013409/http://www.tbs.com/shows/family-guy/season-4/episode-2/fast-times-at-buddy-cianci-jr-high|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Family Guy {{!}} Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576934/ |website=imdb.com |access-date=August 7, 2018 |date=May 8, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209212811/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576934/ |archive-date=February 9, 2017 |url-status=live}}
• Snapped, an American true crime television series, dedicated its 13th episode in the second season (2005) to the case.{{cite web|title=Watch Snapped: Pamela Smart {{!}} online|url=http://newepisodes.co/watch-snapped-online-free/252760/season-2-episode-12-pam-smart|website=newepisodes.co|publisher=Oxygen Cable LLC.|access-date=October 17, 2017|language=en|date=May 22, 2005}} {{dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
• The case is referenced on Psych, on the Season 5 episode "Dual Spires", where a character is said to be "pulling a Pamela Smart" after she has allegedly killed a teenage girl while having a sexual relationship with an underage boy, aired December 1, 2010.{{cite web|title=Dual Spires - Psych Season 5 Episode 12 {{!}} USA Network|url=http://www.usanetwork.com/psych/episode-guide/season-5-episode-12-dual-spires|website=USA Network|access-date=October 17, 2017|language=en|date=May 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018070922/http://www.usanetwork.com/psych/episode-guide/season-5-episode-12-dual-spires|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}
• Mrs. Sharp is a musical by Ryan Scott Oliver & Kirsten Guenther based on the murder and its trial. The original theatrical work received a developmental workshop starring Jane Krakowski at Playwrights Horizons and directed by Michael Greif.
• Smart appeared on Oprah on October 22, 2010. On the show, Smart claimed she was innocent and believes that her sentence for life in prison is too harsh.{{cite web|title=Pamela Smart Appears On 'Oprah'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWrbbkpniM|website=www.youtube.com|publisher=WMUR-TV|access-date=October 17, 2017|date=October 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425003054/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWrbbkpniM|archive-date=April 25, 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Pamela Smart Speaks Out {{!}} The Oprah Winfrey Show |url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Pamela-Smart-Speaks-Out |website=Oprah.com |publisher=HARPO PRODUCTIONS, INC. |access-date=August 20, 2018 |language=en-us |date=October 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820141240/http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/pamela-smart-speaks-out |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}
• Scorned: Love Kills, a series on the Investigation Discovery channel, dedicated the Season 1, Episode 4 titled "Hot For Teacher" to the story on February 11, 2012.{{cite web|title=Scorned: Love Kills - Hot For Teacher|url=https://press.discovery.com/us/id/programs/scorned-love-kills/|website=press.discovery.com|publisher=Investigation Discovery|access-date=October 17, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013321/https://press.discovery.com/us/id/programs/scorned-love-kills/|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}
• The HBO documentary Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart was directed by Jeremiah Zagar, aired August 14, 2014.{{cite web|title=Sundance: A Documentary Defends Pamela Smart, the Sexpot Schoolteacher Convicted of Murder|url=http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/01/18/sundance-a-documentary-defends-pamela-smart-the-sexpot-schoolteacher-convicted-of-murder|access-date=2016-03-09|date=2014-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207214207/http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/01/18/sundance-a-documentary-defends-pamela-smart-the-sexpot-schoolteacher-convicted-of-murder|archive-date=2014-12-07|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=TRUESDELL |first1=JEFF |title=Pamela Smart on Affair with Student That Led to Murder: 'I Knew Better' |url=https://people.com/crime/pamela-smart-on-affair-with-student-that-led-to-murder-i-knew-better/ |access-date=August 7, 2018 |work=PEOPLE.com |publisher=Meredith Corporation |date=July 16, 2014 |language=en |quote=See below for an exclusive first look at HBO’s documentary, which airs Aug. 18. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807124740/https://people.com/crime/pamela-smart-on-affair-with-student-that-led-to-murder-i-knew-better/ |archive-date=August 7, 2018 |url-status=live}}
• The USA Network series Corrupt Crimes, which investigates crime stories and interviews experts to analyze a wide variety of cases, dedicated an entire episode to Pamela Smart's upbringing, career and murder trial in Season 1, Episode 62, entitled "From Student Seduction to Murder", which aired on February 19, 2016.{{cite web|title=Overview of 'Corrupt Crimes' Season 1 - Movies&Media|url=https://moviesandmedia.com/series/2405285-corrupt-crimes/seasons/1|website=moviesandmedia.com|publisher=USA Network|access-date=October 17, 2017|language=en|date=February 19, 2016}} {{dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
• The Reelz Network series [http://www.reelz.com/murder/ Murder Made Me Famous], a fact-based crime documentary series, aired the Season 2, Episode 1 titled "Pamela Smart" on March 19, 2016.{{cite web|title=Murder Made Me Famous (TV-14) {{!}} REELZ NOW|url=https://now.reelz.com/tve/tveshow.aspx?showid=235|website=now.reelz.com|publisher=Hubbard Broadcasting|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018072613/https://now.reelz.com/tve/tveshow.aspx?showid=235|archive-date=October 18, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Murder Made Me Famous: Pamela Smart|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5519324/?ref_=tt_ep_nx|website=www.imdb.com|publisher=Reelz (TV Channel), Hubbard Broadcasting|access-date=October 18, 2017|date=March 19, 2016}}
• The Oxygen Network series Snapped: Killer Couples, reveals couples whose attractions lead them to carry out crimes, released an episode of Smart and Flynn's case on Season 6, Episode 10, entitled "Pamela Smart & William Flynn", which aired on December 13, 2016.{{cite web|title=Killer Couples Sneak Peek 610: Pamela Smart & William Flynn Part 1|url=http://www.oxygen.com/video/share/2948796|website=Oxygen Official Site|access-date=October 17, 2017|publisher=NBC Universal|language=en|date=December 6, 2015}}
• In August 2018, the Investigation Discovery channel released a three-part program titled Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery, with a total run-time of 127 minutes:{{cite news |last1=Chiaramida |first1=Angeljean |title=Pamela Smart renews efforts to secure release from prison |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180816/pamela-smart-renews-efforts-to-secure-release-from-prison |access-date=August 27, 2018 |work=seacoastonline.com |date=August 16, 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142305/http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180816/pamela-smart-renews-efforts-to-secure-release-from-prison |archive-date=August 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery {{!}} Watch Full Episodes & More! - Investigation Discovery |url=https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/pamela-smart-an-american-murder-mystery/ |website=www.investigationdiscovery.com |access-date=August 27, 2018 |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142600/https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/pamela-smart-an-american-murder-mystery/ |archive-date=August 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}
• In 2019, on French Chérie 25 channel : Snapped : les couples tueurs Episode 20 "Smart & Flynn" {{Cite web|url=http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/programme/snapped-les-couples-tueurs-f156683447|title = Programme TV - Snapped : Les couples tueurs - Smart & Flynn}}
• In 2021, the case was featured on Investigation Discovery's Deadly Women in the episode "Killer Intellect."
• In 2021, the case was featured on Dateline, Season 5, Episode 1, titled “Deadly Secret."

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• {{official website|http://pamelasmart.org/}} broken link
• [http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/index.htm Pam Smart links] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030901061629/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/biog/pamsmart/index.htm |date=2003-09-01 }} from the website of the Lane Memorial Library broken link
• [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0By9wjNEa-oGjcmo0cHFSdzNXcGs?usp=sharing Trial Transcripts]

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