Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student in 1990, is seeking to overturn her conviction over what her lawyers claim were several constitutional violations. The petition for habeas corpus relief was filed Monday in New York, where she is being held, and in New Hampshire where she was sentenced. The move comes about seven month after New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte rejected a request for a sentence reduction hearing. Ayotte said she has reviewed the case and decided it is not deserving of a hearing.
