Pamela Smart seeks to overturn conviction for having teenager murder her husband

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 at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, and, in New Hampshire, where the murder happened. The move comes about seven months after New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte rejected a request for a sentence reduction hearing.