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SCantiGOP

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18. In SC, a someone with a life sentence

Reply to applegrove (Reply #17)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:49 PM

13 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Nov 20, 2024, 07:20 PM - Edit history (1)

is eligible for parole after they serve 10 years.
Her two sentences were to be served concurrently.
:::::::: on edit, I was wrong, SC requires a life sentence serve at least 30 years, so this was her first chance. The denial was unanimous by the Parole Board.

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Susan Smith, who killed her 2 young children 30 years ago, denied parole [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 16 hrs ago OP

A horrific story that has been repeated all too many times since. hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #1

AND no_hypocrisy 15 hrs ago #3

Yes... Something that wipes out any attempt to make her sympathetic (assuming she "could" be) hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #6

NOT in any way an excuse but her whole story is chilling underpants 15 hrs ago #9

I'm not sure what you mean here. ShazzieB 14 hrs ago #14

He was her stepfather. He'd started abusing pretty much as soon as he married her mother. underpants 13 hrs ago #15

Oh, when you said "boyfriend," I assumed you meant the guy who had just broken up with her. ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #19

Okay. Thanks. I didn't know about the other boyfriend underpants 11 hrs ago #24

Good. She killed 2 kids horrifically. That should be 2 life sentences. applegrove 15 hrs ago #2

She is currently serving two life sentences SCantiGOP 13 hrs ago #16

But it has only been 30 years and she was up for parole. applegrove 13 hrs ago #17

In SC, a someone with a life sentence SCantiGOP 13 hrs ago #18

She needs Rebl2 12 hrs ago #22

Good. Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #4

Good! keithbvadu2 15 hrs ago #5

Die in prison lady. soon please ZonkerHarris 15 hrs ago #7

This quote is just beyond sick .... sinkingfeeling 15 hrs ago #8

sinkingfeeling............ Upthevibe 15 hrs ago #10

If this is true . . . colorado_ufo 10 hrs ago #25

Good - denied parole. Vinca 14 hrs ago #11

Newt Gingrich tried to make political hay of Smith, but it really backfired on him when more came out. Archae 14 hrs ago #12

Republicans put the spin on it that it's not so bad because she was his adopted, not biological daughter. keithbvadu2 12 hrs ago #20

From the "HEY!!! NO FAIR REMEMBERING STUFF!!!" file Montauk6 14 hrs ago #13

Are parole boards allowed to BigmanPigman 12 hrs ago #21

IIRC, she initially said a black man carjacked the vehicle TexasBushwhacker 11 hrs ago #23

Blamed it on a black carjacker maxrandb 10 hrs ago #26

Good. LoisB 9 hrs ago #27