behind the walls of the chatham county detention center in savannah, georgia, norman smart awaits transfer to prison to serve life without parole after being found guilty of beating his wife to death. smart spends 23 hours a day in the same cell, where he s been housed for the past six months, the maximum security area of administrative segregation known as the bubble. jail officials say they are keeping smart on lockdown because of the high-profile nature of his case and his reputation as a trained fighter. he s a licensed fighter. i looked him up myself. he does have a record. so they feel for the safety of the facility, it s best if he s kept in the bubble here. the jail allowed our crew to give smart a handheld camera so he could record his thoughts and experiences living in the bubble. they come in here and shake us down, make you put your hands through that slot there and they put handcuffs on you and make you stand up against that wall.
behind the walls of the chatham county detention center in savannah, georgia, norman smart awaits transfer to prison to serve life without parole after beating his wife to death. smartphone spends smart spends 23 hours a day in administrative segregation known as the bubble. jail officials say they are keeping smart on lockdown because of the high-profile nature of his case and his reputation as a trained fighter. he s a licensed fighter. he does have a record. so they feel for the safety of the facility, it s best if he s kept in the bubble here. the jail allowed our crew to give smart a handheld camera so he could record his thoughts and experiences in the bubble. they come in here and shake us down, make you put your hands through that slot there and they
his lying did not get him to stay in the program. we re here to work with you, to give you every opportunity to succeed. if you fail, you fail because of you, not because of me. i dealt with mr. billiter i think for about four or five years. he played the same game. you have to let garrett thinks he wins every once in a while. i know how to get in trouble but i know how to make people feel bad a little bit. like, come on, man, i m just playing around with you. i really didn t mean it. and they re like, dammit, you re always doing stuff, but i ll let you get away with it. i appreciate it. it always works. works out for the better. while billiter feels he was able to influence sergeant hoop ear er s decision, norman smart s fate was recently decided by a jury when he was convicted on all charges for beating his wife to death. he awaits transfer to prison to begin the sentence of life without parole.
give you every opportunity to succeed. if you fail, you fail because of you, not because of me. i dealt with mr. garrett for about four or five years. he played the same game. you have to let garrett thinks he wins every once in a while. i know how to get in trouble but i know how to make people feel bad a little bit. like, come on, man, i m just playing around with you. and they re like, dammit, you re always doing stuff, but i ll let you get away with it. it always works. works out for the better. while he feels he was able to influence sergeant hooper s decision, norman smart s fate was recently decided by a jury when he was convicted on all charges for beating his wife to death. he awaits transfer to prison to begin the sentence of life without parole. smart continues to proclaim his innocence and disputes evidence that he had a history of beating
who knows, might be good to wait for the next batch. never know. i ve got to change. can t keep doing this. 37 years old. keep going in and out of jail. definitely going to change my life. coming up they checked the paperwork, said no he s not court recorded. garrett gets caught in a lie. and i think that somebody like him is most definitely a predator. a cousin of norman smart s victim speaks her mind.