Pamela Smart , then a 22-year-old high school instructor , seduced 15-year-old Billy Flynn and encouraged him to kill her husband . Flynn shot Gregory Smart dead in his New Hampshire home in 1990 . The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts but ultimately fell apart when prosecutors failed to turn over key evidence that could have helped them convict Flynn. He was sentenced to 28 years to life ; a parole hearing will be held Thursday . Greg Smart 's brother , Rick Smart , has said he believes Flynn has done his time and that he was young when it happened . But he says he wants Pamela Smart to remain behind bars for life . The case inspired the 1995 Nicole Kidman movie 'To Die For '
Pamela Smart , then a 22-year-old high school instructor , seduced 15-year-old Billy Flynn and encouraged him to kill her husband . Flynn shot Gregory Smart dead in his New Hampshire home in 1990 . Flynn pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and testified in Smart 's 1991 trial that she threatened to break up with him if he did n't kill her husband . He was sentenced to 28 years to life ; a parole hearing will be held Thursday . Greg Smart 's brother , Rick Smart , has said he believes Flynn has done his time and that he was young when it happened . But he says he wants Pamela Smart to remain behind bars for life . The case inspired the 1995 Nicole Kidman movie 'To Die For '