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Killer mom Susan Smith’s ex-prison guard lover thinks she should not be paroled, has not ‘learned anything’
By Chris Harris,
7 hours ago
Killer mom Susan Smith ‘s former prison guard lover doesn’t think she should be released on parole, suggesting in a new interview “she’s not really learned anything” from her three decades of incarceration.
Alfred Rowe told NewsNation ‘s Ashleigh Banfield the 52-year-old Smith — serving a life sentence in South Carolina for the drowning deaths of her two young sons — only learned how to become a better criminal behind bars.
“Her prison record just shows that … she’s not really learned anything while being in prison, except how to do illegal things other than the killing of her sons,” Rowe told Banfield.
Killer mom Susan Smith’s former prison guard lover Alfred Rowe says she doesn’t think she should be released on parole. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Smith became parole-eligible this year, and could be released within a matter of months.
Rowe, who had an affair with Smith and lost his job because of it, told Banfield she will likely re-offend, and violate her parole.
“I think everybody deserves one second chance, and that includes Susan,” started Rowe. “She’s, but she’s got a lot of cleaning up to do before she deserves that second chance.”
The most recent prison photo of Susan Smith. South Carolina Corrections Today, Michael, 3, and Alexander, 14 months, would be in their 30s. facebook/RememberingMichaelAlexSmith
Rowe said Smith would be unable to abstain from drugs and alcohol, which would likely be a condition of her parole.
A shrine was erected near the South Carolina lake, in memory of the Smith children. Getty Images
Smith has been incarcerated at Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood, South Carolina, for more than two decades.
She was sentenced to life in prison in 1994 for murdering her two sons , Michael, 3, and 14-month-old Alexander, who she left strapped in their car seats before steering her vehicle into the John D. Long Lake in Union County.
At the time, she told police she’d been carjacked by a black man, and famously appeared on the news begging for the boys’ safe return.
David Smith being comforted by relatives as he arrives for his sons’ funerals. Sygma via Getty Images
Thirty years later, Smith has told relatives she believes she deserves her freedom.
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