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Susan Smith is denied parole 30 years after drowning 2 sons by rolling car into South Carolina lake

Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press

A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison 30 years after she killed her sons by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats.

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FILE - In a July 9, 1995 file photo, visitors walk down the ramp where Alex and Michael Smith were drowned in a car in 1994 in Union, S.C., by their mother, Susan Smith. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)

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Susan Smith is up for parole 30 years after drowning her kids in a South Carolina lake

Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press

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.