For first time, Pamela Smart admits role in killing her husband

THE NBA FINALS FROM DALLAS ALL WEEK. >>> FOR THE FIRTH TIME, PAMELA SMART IS ACCEPTING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER HUSBAND'S DEATH. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THEY HAVE ASKED HER TO COMMUTE HER LIFE SENTENCE. SMART SAID A WRITING GROUP HELPED HER QUOTE DIG DEEPER INTO HER OWN RESPONSIBILITY. >> HAD TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY OWN MIND, IN MY OWN HEART HOW RESPONSIBLE I WAS. BECAUSE I HAD DEFLECTED BLAME ALL THE TIME. I THINK ALMOST AS IF IT WAS A COPING MECHANISM BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF BEING SO RESPONSIBLE WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME. >> Reporter: IN 1990s , SMART WAS A 22-YEAR-OLD HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA COORDINATOR WHEN SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO LATER KILLED HER HUSBAND. HE SERVED 25 YEARS FOR MURDER AND HAS BEEN FREE SINCE 2015. SMART WAS CONVICTED OF BEING AN ACCOMPLICE. SHE HAS BEEN BEHIND BARS FOR 34 YEARS. >> NOW THAT I AM OLDER, ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON THINGS, I CAN SEE SO MANY ERRORS THAT I MADE. AND I CAN SEE HOW SKEWED MY JUDGMENT WAS. AND HOW IMMATURE I WAS. >> SMART ASKED FOR THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN PERSON OR THROUGH A VIDEO CONFERENCE. IN A STATEMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAYS SHE WILL BE QUOTE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO PETITION THE

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Keywords: WBZ News Evening, Pamela Smart, Boston, Massachusetts, Murder, Judge, Life-sentence, Greggory Smart

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Length: 1min 45sec (105 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 11 2024