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 first-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 '
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 '