Susan Smith Denied Parole After Killing 2 Sons 30 Years Ago — Transcript

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1. 0:0030 years after she was convicted for
2. 0:02drowning her little boys in her car
3. 0:04Susan Smith is asking a South Carolina
4. 0:06parole board to free her from prison
5. 0:09three decades ago at her press
6. 0:10conference scene around the world Smith
7. 0:12cried crocodile tears and as ammer Cagan
8. 0:15reports people are once again accusing
9. 0:17her of faking her
10. 0:19emotions the notorious Susan Smith who
11. 0:22drowned her two little boys wants out of
12. 0:25prison what I knew was so horrible
13. 0:2753-year-old Smith sobbed as she appeared
14. 0:30via video before a parole board in South
15. 0:33Carolina today I'm sorry I don't know I
16. 0:36know that's not enough I know it's not
17. 0:39but are those crocodile tears I don't
18. 0:42see tears says one reporter covering the
19. 0:44story what do you think is the most
20. 0:47important thing that you have learned
21. 0:48while you have been
22. 0:50incarcerated that people are important
23. 0:53that
24. 0:55it's that forgiveness and love um that
25. 1:00family is important the boy's Father
26. 1:02David Smith was there accompanied by a
27. 1:04large Entourage who all oppose her
28. 1:07release he wore a photo of his son's on
29. 1:10his lapel I'm asking that you
30. 1:13please do not hurt pero
31. 1:18today and hopefully in the future but
32. 1:22specifically today in 1994 he stood at
33. 1:25her side believing her story that she
34. 1:27had been carjacked by a black man who k
35. 1:29kidnapped her sons Michael and Alex I
36. 1:32would like to say to
37. 1:35whoever has my
38. 1:38children that they please I mean please
39. 1:42bring them home the shocking truth
40. 1:44emerged after nine days when cops
41. 1:47learned Smith had buckled the boys into
42. 1:49their Kitty seats and rolled her car
43. 1:52into a lake Susan Smith has been
44. 1:55arrested and will be charged with two
45. 1:58counts of murder in connection with the
46. 2:01deaths of her children the motive she
47. 2:03was having an affair with a man who
48. 2:05didn't want children Smith was sentenced
49. 2:08to life and became eligible for parole
50. 2:11this month Susan Smith has had a
51. 2:12checkered record Behind Bars she was
52. 2:15accused of having had sex with two
53. 2:17guards she was disciplined for drug use
54. 2:21Alfred row was one of the guards she had
55. 2:23sex with he lost his job and was
56. 2:25sentenced to 5 years probation for
57. 2:27sexual misconduct with an inmate she
58. 2:30belongs Behind Bars 40 minutes after
59. 2:33Smith made her plea for Freedom the
60. 2:35parole board voted Miss season Smith is
61. 2:37Den not parole the vote is
62. 2:40unanimous Susan Smith can't apply for
63. 2:42parole every two years meantime David
64. 2:45Smith who remarried and had two more
65. 2:46children has said he clings to the few
66. 2:49memories he has of his little boys
67. 2:55[Music]