NEW YORK — The New Hampshire Supreme Court court on Wednesday is expected to rule on a petition that could set Pamela Smart on a path to freedom.
Smart, who was convicted in 1991 at age 22 for convincing her teenage lover to kill her husband, is asking the state’s highest court to reverse the governor’s decision last year to deny her a commutation hearing.
Mark Sisti, who represented Smart over 32 years ago during her widely viewed televised trial, argued in court last month that the petition Smart filed for a hearing was not fairly considered. Sisti asked the judges to order Sununu and his council to once again consider Smart’s filing and to do so with the due process he alleged was was absent last year when Smart’s petition was rejected.
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