Ex-Husband: Murderer Susan Smith's former husband speaks at parole hearing — Transcript

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1. 0:00I'm German members of the
2. 0:07committee it's it's been a tough 30
3. 0:13years
4. 0:15um I'm not here to speak about what
5. 0:19she's done in prison you all have the
6. 0:22records and accounts of all
7. 0:24that I'm just here to
8. 0:27Advocate on Michael Alex's behalf
9. 0:31and as their
10. 0:36father you
11. 0:39know God gives us free
12. 0:42choice and she made free choice that
13. 0:44night to end her life this wasn't a
14. 0:48tragic
15. 0:49mistake wasn't something that she didn't
16. 0:53mean to do she
17. 0:57purposely meant to end their life
18. 1:03I've
19. 1:04never have felt any remorse from her for
20. 1:07it she's never expressed any to me I've
21. 1:10never seen it on
22. 1:14paper
23. 1:20um now she you've heard she changed my
24. 1:25life for the rest of my life that night
25. 1:40some for the better some for the worse
26. 1:47but but what she did not only to Michael
27. 1:51and
28. 1:54Alex she came pretty
29. 1:57close to causing me to in
30. 2:01life because of the grief that she
31. 2:03brought upon
32. 2:07me but thankfully she
33. 2:13didn't I understand back
34. 2:17in
35. 2:1995 that through the state's
36. 2:22law life imprisonment 30 years of
37. 2:26life and now that's different but at
38. 2:29that time that's what counts I
39. 2:31understand
40. 2:36that but ultimately to me that's only 15
41. 2:41years per
42. 2:44child her own
43. 2:48children it's just not
44. 2:54enough so I'm asking that you
45. 2:57please do not hurt PE today
46. 3:03and hopefully in the future but
47. 3:05specifically
48. 3:08today not let her
49. 3:13out I miss him very
50. 3:16much and I love them very
51. 3:19much and I will be here every two years
52. 3:22going
53. 3:25forward to ensure
54. 3:27that your death doesn't go un
55. 3:32thank
56. 3:33you thank you so much Mr SMI