Editing Pamela Smart (section)

==Conspirators==
In 1992, Bill Flynn was sentenced to life in prison for [[second degree murder]]; not eligible for parole for 40 years with 12 years of the minimum sentence deferred if he maintains good behavior. Flynn was incarcerated at the [[Maine State Prison]] in [[Warren, Maine|Warren]], where he earned his [[GED]], has been active in charity work and worked as an electrician at the prison. In 2007, Flynn sought a sentence reduction after serving 16 years, stating that he had vowed not to do so until he had spent as many years behind bars as he had spent free.<ref name=FlynnReduction>{{cite news |url=http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=73098 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918005413/http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=73098 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |title=Pamela Smart's former teen lover seeks sentence reduction |agency=Associated Press |work=WCSH6.com |date=October 23, 2007}}</ref> He also apologized to Gregg Smart's family for murdering him. The Smart family opposed the request.<ref name=FlynnReduction/> On February 12, 2008, the request was denied, although Flynn's earliest parole eligibility date was reduced by three years to 25 years, making him eligible for parole in 2015.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/12/smart.gunman.ap/ Gunman in Smart case denied release] February 12, 2008</ref> In July 2014, Flynn was moved to a minimum security facility in Warren, Maine; the transfer allowed him to participate in a work release program.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140712-NEWS-407120316 |title=Greg Smart's killer, Billy Flynn, out of jail on work release |author=Kyle Stucker |publisher=[[Seacoast Media Group]] |date=2014-07-12 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718023804/http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140712-NEWS-407120316 |archive-date=2014-07-18 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Flynn was granted parole by the state parole board on March 12, 2015, and was released from prison with lifetime parole on June 4, 2015, a few days past the 25th anniversary of Gregg Smart's death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/teen-killer-pamela-smarts-lover-is-granted-parole/ |title=Teen killer, Pamela Smart's lover, is granted parole |website=[[Fox News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=2015-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110191305/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/12/teen-killer-pamela-smart-lover-is-granted-parole/ |archive-date=2015-11-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Like Flynn, Patrick Randall was also sentenced to life in prison for second degree murder, eligible for parole after 40 years with 12 years deferred, making him eligible as early as 2018.<ref name=RandallReduction>{{cite web |url=http://t.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20090317/NEWS/903170335&template=tabletart |title=Early release awarded to conspirator in Pam Smart murder |author=Elizabeth Dinan |publisher=[[Seacoast Media Group]] |date=2009-05-17 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827133957/http://t.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=%2F20090317%2FNEWS%2F903170335&template=tabletart |archive-date=2014-08-27 |url-status=live }}</ref> He too served his sentence at the Maine State Prison in Warren, Maine. In March 2009, a judge reduced Randall's minimum sentence by three years to 25 years, making him eligible for release as early as June 2015.<ref name=RandallReduction/><ref>[https://archive.today/20120729041017/http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_072225952.html?keyword=secondarystory/ Judge cuts sentence for accomplice in Smart murder case] March 14, 2009</ref> Randall was granted parole by the New Hampshire Parole Board after a hearing on April 9, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_27879598/pamela-smart-case-accomplice-paroled-die-murder|title=Pamela Smart case: Accomplice paroled in 'To Die For' murder|date=2015-04-09|work=mercurynews.com|access-date=2015-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707071730/http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_27879598/pamela-smart-case-accomplice-paroled-die-murder|archive-date=2015-07-07|url-status=live}}</ref> He was released on June 4, 2015, on lifetime parole, the same day as co-conspirator Flynn's release and a few days past the 25th anniversary of Gregg Smart's death.<ref name="Union Leader">{{cite news |title=25 years after Smart murder, William Flynn and Patrick Randall paroled from prison {{!}} New Hampshire |url=http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20150604/NEWS03/150609482 |access-date=August 7, 2018 |work=Staff Report |agency=UnionLeader.com |publisher=Union Leader Corporation |date=June 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404052001/http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20150604%2FNEWS03%2F150609482 |archive-date=2016-04-04 |location=MANCHESTER, NH |language=en |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Conspirator and driver Vance Lattime was sentenced to life in prison as an accomplice to second-degree murder, eligible for parole after 30 years with 12 years suspended.<ref name=LattimeReduction>{{cite news |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/driver-in-smart-murder-granted-parole |title=Driver in Smart murder granted parole |author=Beverley Wang |author-link=Beverley Wang |newspaper=[[Concord Monitor]] |date=2005-07-14 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821160117/http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/driver-in-smart-murder-granted-parole |archive-date=2012-08-21 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2005, his minimum sentence was reduced by three years, and he was released on lifetime parole that same year, 15 years after Gregg Smart's death.<ref name=LattimeReduction/> In 2023, Lattime was denied a sentence reduction that would have seen his parole end.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2023/01/12/pamela-smart-case-getaway-driver-denied-parole-supervision/69802186007/ | title=Pamela Smart case getaway driver denied parole supervision end }}</ref>

Conspirator Raymond Fowler (who waited in the car during the killing) was sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to murder and attempted burglary, and parole eligibility after 15 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/pamela-smart-accomplice-released |title=Pamela Smart Accomplice Released |author=Beverley Wang |author-link=Beverley Wang|newspaper=[[Concord Monitor]] |date=2005-06-15 |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821160208/http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/pamela-smart-accomplice-released |archive-date=2012-08-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fowler was paroled in 2003, 13 years after Gregg Smart's death, but was sent back to prison in 2004 for violating his parole terms.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zezima |first=Katherine |title=Parole In 'To Die For' Killing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/04/us/national-briefing-new-england-new-hampshire-parole-in-to-die-for-killing.html |work=The New York Times |page=A18 |date=April 4, 2003 |access-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802093217/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/04/us/national-briefing-new-england-new-hampshire-parole-in-to-die-for-killing.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Man Convicted In Gregory Smart Death Behind Bars Again |url=http://www.wptz.com/wnne/3588116/detail.html |date=July 28, 2004 |work=WNNE/WPTZ.com |access-date=2008-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719011117/http://www.wptz.com/wnne/3588116/detail.html |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was paroled again in June 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morse |first=Susan |title=Fowler family speaks about shooter Flynn's request |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080125/NEWS/80125025 |work=seacoastonline.com |date=January 25, 2008 |access-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902151622/http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080125%2FNEWS%2F80125025 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>