the brother of gregory smart, who was shot dead by his wife's teenage lover 25 years ago, has said the killer should be paroled billy flynn was just 15 when his teacher and lover, 22 year old pamela smart, encouraged him to kill her husband, gregory smart, in their new hampshire home in may 1990 flynn faces a parole hearing in concord on thursday, his 41st birthday if he is paroled, he could be free as early as june 4 'i think he did his time,' gregory smart's older brother, rick smart, told the boston herald 'he was at a young age don't get me wrong, i'm not saying he shouldn't have been punished, but i want to put this behind me and i'm sure he wants to put it behind him' scroll down for video  locked up: billy flynn (pictured in court in 2008) is serving life behind bars for shooting dead his teacher's husband/ he has a parole hearing on thursday and the victim's brother said he thinks he should be freed  he added that although he would not use the word 'forgiveness' to describe his feelings towards the killer, he has realized that flynn was influenced by pamela smart 'i feel like he got his punishment,' he said 'maybe he can make something out of the rest of his life what's important to me is pam stays in jail for the rest of her life' pamela smart remains in prison serving life without the possibility of parole their case inspired the 1995 movie 'to die for' in the film, nicole kidman plays a woman named suzanne stone, who becomes involved in a relationship with a teen, played by joaquin phoenix smart was an instructor in a self awareness program at winnicunnet high school in hampton when she seduced the 15 year old flynn, a fellow volunteer she told him she needed her 24 year old husband killed because she feared she would lose everything, including her dog and furniture, if she divorced him teacher:  pamela smart (seen in 1991) was convicted of conspiring with her teen lover, william 'billy' flynn, to kill her 24 year old husband, gregory smart smart is serving a life without parole sentence  murdered: smart's husband, gregory smart (seen on their wedding day), was shot in the head in may 1990  on may 1, 1990, he and 18 year old patrick randall entered the smarts' derry condominium and forced gregory smart, a sales representative for an insurance company, to his knees in the foyer as randall held a knife to the man's throat, flynn shot him in the head to this day, pamela smart denies knowing about the plot but the state's star witness, a teenage intern in whom smart confided, secretly recorded her after the killing saying, 'if you tell the (expletive) truth, you'll send me to the slammer for the rest of my (expletive) life' smart, whose trial was the first to be televised nationally from start to finish, was convicted march 22, 1991, of being an accomplice to first degree murder, conspiracy and witness tampering randall got 28 years to life; he comes up for parole in april two other teenagers served prison sentences and have been released flynn pleaded guilty to second degree murder and testified in smart's 1991 trial that she threatened to break up with him if he didn't kill her husband he was sentenced to 28 years to life in prison, minus credit for pretrial incarceration student: in this 1991 file photo,  flynn testifies on his 17th birthday how he shot gregory smart in the head and killed him flynn pleaded guilty to killing smart and  has a parole hearing scheduled for thursday  media circus: the trials's lurid details aired on television years before the oj simpson spectacle  flynn, who is serving out his sentence in maine, will not be present at the parole board hearing on thursday and will address the board on speakerphone gregory smart's family members and friends have a right to make victim impact statements state prosecutors will also weigh in the three board members are expected to confer among themselves without leaving the hearing room at the state prison in concord and then render a decision if parole is granted, flynn would not be freed before his parole eligibility date of june 4 and only after his final parole plan is approved by the board flynn's lawyer, cathy green, declined to say what flynn would tell the board but seven years ago, testifying on his motion for a reduced sentence, a tearful flynn took full responsibility for his actions and apologized 'i promise you i will carry this guilt and remorse with me every day for the rest of my life,' he said gregory smart's father, william, told flynn then that he might be prepared to see him go free when flynn reached 40 but that he wasn't ready yet william smart has since died on the big screen: the case inspired the 1995 movie 'to die for' in the film, nicole kidman plays a woman named suzanne stone, who becomes involved in a relationship with a teen, played by joaquin phoenix  flynn married while behind bars, has a teen stepdaughter and has earned his ged and electrician's helper license 'this never would have happened if it wasn't for pam smart,' said attorney paul maggiotto, who prosecuted smart 'it was smart's manipulation of flynn that caused this crime to occur' flynn's age and testimony against smart were taken into account at sentencing 'i desperately want you to know i'm not that weak person anymore,' flynn said in 2008 smart's friend and spokeswoman, eleanor pam, told the associated press that smart is not taking a position on flynn's parole bid but chafes at her life sentence without the chance at freedom smart told her: 'if they look at flynn, they really should take a look at me' pam said that while smart acknowledges the affair with flynn led to the series of events leading up to her husband's death, she maintains she didn't plan it
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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 didn'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'