Pamela Smart is serving life in prison for getting teen lover to kill her husband in 1990. WARREN, Maine—William Flynn has a wife and teenage stepdaughter, is a member of the Jaycees and likes to play softball. He sounds like a good suburban neighbor. But Flynn’s home is a cell at the Maine State Prison, where he’s serving a 28-year-to-life sentence in the notorious Pamela Smart murder case. Flynn was 16 and having an affair with Smart when he shot … Continue reading
If he killed your mum, dad or someone else you love with all your heart. Then you bitches wouldnt be whining about letting him out. A person who is 16 years old KNOWS what the fuck they are doing. Ofcourse were stupid at 16, BUT if we got enough balls and stupidity to take an innocent man�s life (WHILE HE BEGS FOR MERCY). Than we need to get ass raped. Flynn die motherfucker die. If we release this ass hole than others like him will think murder is a freakin joke. Fuck all you
I was watching oprah the other day and i believe pamela smart was caught up in a bad situation. billy flynn is the killer here. i think he told the police what they wanted to hear so he could get off freely with this crime. it is totally wrong and unfair that he can have a life. he is a mongrel.
Who cares if any of you know this joker, or were in prison with him. Did a loved one of yours get murdered?
You wouldn’t have so much compassion if it had happened to your loved one.
As I said before, they should all be pushing up daisies.
Are you kidding me?
He killed an innocent man and then laughed about it with his buddies in crime afterwards. What a joke. These heathens can take a life but do nothing but whine when they have to serve their time. They should have all got the death penality, just what they gave poor Greg Smart.
I so remember this case like it was yesterday. Awful situation for all, except for Pam Smart of course. I believe Billy was caught up in the moment of hormones. Should never lead to murder, he should serve out the time he was given. At Least there is a light at the end of his tunnel.
I would like to say to the ones who believe in “he should serve life or better”.This is also a life that were talking about here,a child himself when he went into prison and could have remained in a childs’ mind frame til the day he’s released.Instead he’s an adult now that has took it upon himself to out-grow the shoes he wore going into prison,believe it or not people change for the good and prison is one place where it’s not that easy to change for the good.If you don’t believe me ask the ones in there that’s has a lesser crime than Billy Flynn and still want be released until after is even if he serves 28 years.These inmates could’ve easily manipulated Billy to be one of them “DON’T WANT TO BE RELEASE MENS” just as well as Pamela did him.I don’t know him but only GOD can truly judge Billy for what he has done not some judicial system that works for people with money like OJ.Simpson.He admitted his crime honestly served the rest of his chilhood life incarserated behind the walls of Liberty N Justice for all!?!?
Like Johnathan, i was also an inmate with Billy and also a member of that prison band with him. I was in for six years, and never have i met a more respectful anust ignorancd non-confrontational person. Billy has done alot of time and, at least for my part, think he is well deserving of a reduction. Remember ours is not to judge but to observe-if you haven’t observed Billy, than it’s just ignorance controlling your response.
How come he was given that sentence at 16? Dont these days they put you in juvie or something? I definitely dont agree with Flynn’s sentence, he was young and stupid back then, and i think hes served enough and has learned his lesson. I mean people who do worse crimes, get a lesser sentence than him.. but its the US, i live in Canada..i guess its different here.
I’m 16 and I have to say most of the things I do, i dont think about the consequences. I would never go to the point as to killing someone, but I have broken the law, several times and havent gotten caught. See most teenagers really dont know what theyre doing. Theres a lot of experimenting and first times, and you havent learned enough yet. You dont know what you want and what to do most of the time, you kind of just learn in the moment as you go along. Everyone makes mistakes, and Billy Flynn i can completely understand. What he lived in his past definitely palyed a role in his actions. Cmon youre 16 you think youre in love, you have had a bad family life, your not-so-nice dad died 2 days before your 13th birthday; you have no basic moral support that youre supposed to get from a family. Which leaves you with no guidance, you get lost. And then you meet someone who promises to love you and be with you and replace the gap that your past has created. It makes you think irrationally and this time you really didnt know better, so you go ahead and do what the person whom you love and trust tells you. Because its the only guidance you have and you have a “love” dependecy/attachment/reliabality. Murder is compeltely wrong, unacceptable, cruel, unforgivable.
But at that precise moment,
in Billy Flynn’s life
at 16
it made sense.
and i completely agree with jonathan.
I grew up in the Hampton area and after reading again how sorry this little “b—–d”is about pulling the trigger while his victim was on his knees, begging for his life….Let me just say that the only way he’ll ever know or appreciate what his victim felt at the time – is to be put in the same situation!!!!!
He needs to finish the time he was given. I do feel bad for him, but lets not forget he did kill someone….that he did not even know. Yes he was young but he has also done some things in prison that aren’t all great like they are making him sound.
For all of you holier than thou types that think someone should spend the rest of their lives in prison for being….Brainwashed, are morons.I was in Maine State Prison with Billy Flynn, We were in the same prison band, and he was my friend. Billy has become a totally diffrent person that he was in 1990. He diserves a second chance at life, and it seriously erks me that alot of people who say he should do all of his sentance because he murdered someone dont have the balls to put theirselves in his situation. Havent we all wanted to seriously hurt, or even kill someone in our lives??? I have….At least billy had a reason…even if it was a bad one, he was in love….do any of you remember what that feels like???
south hampton steve and exeter dave realy seem like educated people god save this world and help them grow up. Seem like these two realy know the facts. I conceed to your world of wisdom on this matter and defenetly to your language. You too are so cool.
I agree with you South Hampton Steve! You can tell by the writing Seabrook Chuck is: First.. indeed from Seabrook. And Secondly, trying to defend a fellow bricker. The thing is, Flynn wasn’t born in Seabrook. Afterall, he wasn’t an Eaton, Brown, Butler, or sleeping with his sister….or was he? Long before Flynn makes it out of jail Seabrook will have gone so commercial that the people who were original “Brookas” won’t be able to afford to live there. It’s sad… but that dirty place is going up in value.
Hey Seabrook Chuck… South Hampton Steve here. While I do believe Bill Flynn has served enough time (much lesser time for worse crimes) I also believe the cock sucker knew exactly what he was doing and made an adult choice to pull the trigger. Let’s not paint the picture any other way! TV or not… nobody, not even “Billy” himself denied killing Greg Smart. Fuck you
It is my understanding that at the time of the crime william was under the age of eighteen years old why did he get adult time. Pam is the one that put an end to Greg life not william. If Pam didnt have william do her dirty work she would have found someone else to do it. William is another victim of Pam does she ever give any thought to all the lifes she has ruined.
joe mills shuld take a long hard look at himself and everybody else that wants to hang this kid.I know billy flyn i lived in the same house as he did when this all happened. and all of you dont know the facts at all just what tv wanted you all to see. so you all that are talking extreamly bad not with in reason should all grow up.I know the facts and personly all the boys and (girl not pam) that should of did some time for her roll to. sencearly seabrook chuck
Pamela Smart on the other hand should be hung.
I think that william Flynn has served his time, he is truly sorry for what he did and should be releaased early.
This man EXECUTED another man in cold blood, he knew what he was doing (even asking God for forgiveness). Put yourselves in the shoes of the Murder victims parents, they did a fine job of raising their son, he was a young newlywed who was trying to get his life started and this piece of garbage takes this mans life. Now we’re suppose to feel sorry for him and give him a break? Let him out so he can live happily ever after? Are you kidding me? Let him stay in jail and think everyday of the gut wrenching heartache that the Murder Victims parents feel everyday!!!
Lee made a case for rehabilitation and that as in this case the minimum sentence should be waived and the murderer be released on parole, and deserves a second chance.
I would like to ask all those who support this view the following: His victim was killed in cold blood while pleading for his life. Seems that his second chance was not even considered when he begged for mercy.
The following excerpt from the article ” On May 1, 1990, Flynn and a friend entered the Smarts’ condominium and grabbed Gregory Smart. The friend held a knife to Smart’s throat, and Flynn — after asking God for forgiveness — fired a .38-caliber revolver.”
He has not paid his debt to society, he has 10 years to go before it should even be on the table for consideration. He should use the next 10 years to contemplate his merciless actions before asking for mercy. He is after all a cold blooded killer and nothing in this world can change that.
Let’s not forget the victims of crime. We should be more concerned with the victims/survivors of crime, and how they cope and less with the perpetrators.
“Reducing his sentence would undermine the sentencing goals of punishment, rehabilitation and deterrence”. Not reducing this man’s sentence simply tells us that we only pay lip service to rehabilitation, We know that a life sentence, or even the death penalty, does not deter others, and we need stop using that term in sentencing. If we are going to ignore rehabilitation then lets at least be honest with ourselves and admit that we are only interested in punishment. If we truly believe that rehabilitation is a goal, as I do, then this man is rehabilitated and deserves a second chance.
Sounds like he has a very good life in prison. He took someone elses
life who didn’t get a second chance. His victim begged for his life as
he shot him. The only way he would feel close to what his victim
felt is if he begs the court and they keep his sentence at life. The
unfortunate thing is that people commit crimes like this and somehow
expect mercy because they changed. Maybe if somehow it was projected
to them before this occurred that it wouldn’t happen, the crime might
not happen to begin with. There has to be deterrence. The life he took can’t be reversed. Maybe he is rehabilitated. The way you can find out is to see how he lives his life carrying out his entire sentence. If he were to get released, there could be another 16
year old out there looking at this thinking that if he killed someone he would get out after 15 years. You have to send the message that you
won’t get out which could have an effect before something like this
were to take place. If you want to try reduce the future prison
population, start stressing the deterrent aspect of justice. If you
do a crime and get caught you are going to have to pay. Have people question whether it is worth it before the crime takes place. The potential victims need justice too. In countries with harsher punishments crime is considerably less. If you could lose your hands for stealing something, most people are not even going to take a chance. You wouldn’t need as many police. Somehow you have to send a strong message that if you get caught you are going to pay. This message needs to be sent out to people as young as possible. If parents were responsible for their childrens actions, they might take a more proactive approach as well. If we can’t back to a place where
values dictake that a person doesn’t commit a crime, then we need harsher sentences and those individuals need to serve as examples.
It can be argued that the death penalty can save more lives as a deterrent than not having a death penalty. The Bomb in WWII effectively ended the war. How many more would have died on both sides
had it not been dropped. We don’t know. Yes it was horrible, but it could have been worse. We need deterrence or a much larger justice
system. The problem is justice doesn’t take place until after the crime.
16 year old punks know what they are doing.
Flynn knew what he was doing.
He killed a man, and he must continue to pay.
Make him serve the 28 years, and then look at the case.
If I were the judge, I would keep him in jail for life.
People must understand that if you take a life, then you must pay with your own life.
I am,
George Vreeland Hill
When I was 18 I became involved in a relationship with my boss who was 19 years older than me. Even though I was 18 years old, emotionally I was still a 16 year old. This relationship was my first sexual relationship and she was not only my boss but she was also the owner of the business. Now that I am in my late 30’s and think about the relationship I can see how much she not only manipulated me but she also used me as a pawn in her long drawn out divorce with her then husband.
Now, I can see so clearly how she would seduce me into doing little things that would antagonize or enrage her husband by twisting and distorting the truth making it appear that she was, and had been the victim all along in the marriage while her husband had spent the 15 years of their marriage engaging in numerous affairs.
I was young, emotionally immature and hopelessly in love for the first time with not only an older woman, but a woman in significant authoritarian position in my life at that time. I not was in love with this woman and wanted to please her but make her so happy that she wouldn’t take her love away, she was my boss, the person who signed my paycheck, the person who in a way, sustained my basic needs to survive, eating, shelter and living because she was my boss.
So I am not saying Bill Flynn’s decision to murder Gregory Smart can or should be excused by the authoritarian/manipulation/first love equation, because I can not fathom taking someone’s life in cold blood who was not directly threatening the life of someone I loved, but I can understand the path he walked that took him to the horrific choice he made.
THE PROBLEM WITH “LIFE” SENTENCES
This man may or may not be “rehabilitated.” But capital punishment supporters look at situations like this in fear: “So-called life sentences resulting in parole.” Perhaps he won’t commit another crime.
But in many cases released murderers often do kill again. If those against the DP are honest, they should do more to keep murderers in prison, rather than “just” arguing against the DP. LWOP must mean that. There should be no “life” sentence unless it is LWOP.
At the very least, this murderer should serve his minimum sentence (28 years) before becoming eligible for parole. I admit that he was seduced by a female, but the cold blooded execution he carried out decries description.
I vote for the minimum prison sentence of 28 years. Then, let him try again…
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