Susan Smith might’ve given a tearful plea earlier than being denied parole this week, however many are left unconvinced she’s fully modified her methods … together with yet one more considered one of her former jail guards who knew her properly behind bars.
Felicia Mungo, a former guard at Camille Graham Correctional Heart in South Carolina, tells TMZ … she is not offered on Susan’s tears, explaining to us that she felt the weeping through the listening to was a bit “disingenuous.”
For these unfamiliar, Susan was arrested in 1994 after strapping her sons — Michael, who was 3 years outdated, and Alex, who was 14 months outdated — into their automobile seats earlier than pushing their automobile into a close-by lake. She was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to life with the potential of parole … which she was first eligible for this week.
Felicia notes she’s nonetheless conflicted over the scenario. Mungo oversaw Susan’s suicide watch through the 1995 homicide trial, and remembers the prisoner being “very unhappy, very remorseful” in jail … usually revealing nightmares she had about her late youngsters reaching out for her.
Nonetheless, Felicia does not suppose Susan is really sorry for her wrongdoings and hasn’t grasped the complete magnitude of the scenario … citing her lack of regret for previous racist habits for instance.
Susan infamously claimed her automobile had been carjacked by a Black man within the early days of the investigation … an accusation which Felicia says put Black males within the space in critical hazard.
TMZ additionally spoke to Alfred Rowe this week — the disgraced former jail guard who was fired for having a sexual relationship with Smith in 2001, and later convicted of the crime — who shares Felicia’s evaluation of Smith … saying Smith’s emotion in entrance of the parole board was a complete fabrication. Smith was moved from the Camille Graham jail on account of the misconduct, to her present location, Leath Correctional Establishment in South Carolina.
After all, there’s Susan’s ex-husband David to consider … who was very vocal and spoke out in opposition to her doable parole at Wednesday’s listening to.
Felicia believes Susan will ultimately get out … however thinks the killer mother wants to actually be sorry for all the things earlier than getting launched.
She reminds us that Susan shall be up for parole once more in 2 years … and it is doable she’ll get a extra sympathetic board the subsequent time round.
