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Betty Smithey went to prison for murder when John F. Kennedy was president (1963). She had major mental problems at the time stemming from her tumultuous upbringing in orphanages and foster homes – suffering physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
15 sie 2012 · Now 69-years-old, Betty Smithey was convicted for the 1963 murder of a 15-month old Phoenix girl. Monday, thanks to clemency granted by Gov. Jan Brewer (R), she walked out of...
14 lip 2012 · Smithey, who is the U.S.'s longest serving female inmate according to a public records search by the Arizona Republic, was convicted in the 1963 New Year's Day murder of Sandy Gerberick, a 15-month-old she had been babysitting. At the time, Smithey was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
15 sie 2012 · Betty Smithey killed a 15-month-old girl in 1963. Smithey is now 69. Her clemency was granted by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.
14 sie 2012 · Smithey, sentenced to life without parole for the murder of a 15-month-old Phoenix girl in 1963, had been granted clemency by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in June and was freed Monday by Arizona’s...
15 sie 2012 · On Tuesday, Betty Smithey walked out of the Arizona State Prison Complex in Perryville, a free woman after serving 49-years in prison for a murder in 1963. Smithey, now 69, was charged and convicted of the murder of 15-month-old, Sandy Gerberick, whom she was baby-sitting.
31 lip 2016 · Betty Smithey has spent the past 49 years – or two-thirds of her life – behind bars after she was convicted of murdering a toddler in 1963, the Arizona Republic reported. The 69-year-old was granted parole by the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency on Monday, ABC News reported.
