Susan Smith parole hearing after drowning kids [Video]

Susan Smith will face a parole board Wednesday, nearly 30 years after she was convicted of drowning her two young boys in a Union County lake. (Other parole hearings are taking place- WYFF News 4 live coverage will begin above when Susan Smith goes before the board) Smith, 53, is serving life in prison after a jury decided not to sentence her to death in her 1995 murder trial. Under the law at the time, she is eligible to ask to be released after serving 30 years in prison. Parole hearings are done virtually in South Carolina with the inmate joining by a video call from prison. Take a look at who is on the parole board here.Parole in South Carolina is only granted about 8% of the time and is less likely on an inmate’s first appearance before the board, in notorious cases or when prosecutors and the families …