CJ 406 Project Three Template

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Jan 9, 2024

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The Case of Pamela Smart and the Media BY: LAURA LIRA FUENTES
About the Case Pamela Smart, initially Pamela Wojas from Windham, New Jersey, married Gregg Smart in 1989 after they met. Working as a media coordinator at Hampton, New Hampshire's Winnacunnet High School, where she and Gregg resided, Smart began a romantic involvement with a sophomore student named William "Billy" Flynn, also attending the same school. In 1990, Smart manipulated Flynn into believing her husband was abusive, coercing him to eliminate Gregg for their relationship to persist. Additionally, she expressed fears of losing everything if they divorced. Consequently, Flynn and three of his friends conspired to stage a burglary at the Smart residence and murder Gregg Smart.
Main Issue The trial of Pamela Smart garnered widespread media attention, notably focusing on her involvement with high school sophomore William Flynn. This relationship between an older woman (a media coordinator at the high school) and a younger man (a student at her workplace) was sensationalized, resembling a real-life soap opera drama broadcasted globally. Smart earned the moniker "Ice Queen" from the media due to her demeanor while testifying on the witness stand (Roig-Franzia, M., 2019).
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