Woman up for parole 30 years after drowning her two sons in a South Carolina lake

Thirty years in the past, Susan Smith rolled her automobile right into a South Carolina lake together with her 3-year-old and 14-month-old sons inside. She initially advised police she was carjacked earlier than confessing to their killings. On Wednesday, Smith, who’s serving a life sentence, will ask a parole board for her freedom.

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