- Pamela Smart’s lawyers are asking a judge to let her bid for a new trial, saying jurors were misled by allegedly inaccurate transcripted recordings and tainted by media attention and flawed jury instructions.
- The 1990 case was one of the first U.S. trials televised from start to finish and inspired Joyce Maynard’s book To Die For and the 1995 film — a lasting pop‑culture touchpoint.
- Smart, 58 and serving life, says she accepted responsibility in 2024; the teen who shot her husband was released in 2015, and she'll attend Monday’s hearing remotely.
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