led into the courtroom. what kind of impact did it have on the trial? all that attention. i mean, certainly i think the court had to take certain precautions to make sure things didn t get out of hand. pamela s defense attorney, mark sisti, says things had already gotten out of hand. i felt as though the jury was in shark-infested waters. they hadn t been sequestered. camera crews at that point were running wild. we had our own client chased into the woman s lavatory. that was the backdrop as the state of new hampshire laid out its case. and fired one fatal shot into the head of greggory smart. prosecutors contended in their opening arguments that pamela smart was a calculating temptress. a woman who lured young billy flynn with promises of sex and money. yeah, that s the gun i got out of the drawer. one by one the teens, who had already pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, took the stand.
What happened to the four teenage boys sent to prison for their roles in the murder of Winnacunnet High School media coordinator Pamela Smart s husband Gregg? What about Gregg s parents?
Here s what we know now about eight people, the murder weapon and a dog that became well-known through media coverage of Pamela Smart s 1991 trial in Rockingham County Superior Court in Exeter, New Hampshire:
Is William “Billy” Flynn still in prison?
William Flynn, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for shooting Greggory Smart in the head, was released from prison on June 4, 2015, after serving 25 years of a 28-years-to-life sentence.
Flynn vowed during his parole board hearing he would avoid the media at the request of Gregg Smart’s family.