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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Susan Smith denied parole after serving 30 years for drowning her children

A South Carolina mother who killed her two young sons in 1994 by strapping them in car seats and rolling her vehicle into a lake has been denied parole after 30 years behind bars.

Susan Smith, 53, appeared via video feed from prison on Wednesday and pleaded with a seven-member parole board for her freedom three decades after the deaths of Michael, 3, and Alex, 14 months.

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