4-2 Assignment: Where Media Influenced The Publics Percept

4-2 ASSIGNMENT: WHERE MEDIA INFLUENCED THE PUBLIC’S PERCEPTIONDepartment of Criminal Justice, Southern New Hampshire UniversityCJ-406-13441-M01 Contemporary Issues in CJ 2024 C-5 CJ 406 Module Four Assignment TemplateBrief Summary of CaseHow the Media May Have Impacted the Public’s PerceptionIn 1990, Pamela Smart was a woman at the center of a highly publicized murder case. She was convicted of being an accomplice to the murder of her husband Gregg Smart in Derry, New Hampshire (Zdanowicz, 2024). On May1st, 1990, Gregg Smart was found murdered in the couple's condominium, he was shot in the head. The investigation quickly focused on Pamela Smart,who was 22 years old at the time. Pamela Smart was a high school mediadirector at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire when she began her relationship with a 15-year-old student named William “Billy” Flynn (Downey, 2024). Prosecutors allege that Pamela smart manipulated Flynn and three of his friends Patrick "Pete" Randall, Vance "J.R." Lattime, Jr., and Raymond Fowler into killing her husband (Zdanowicz, 2024). The prosecution claimed she was motivated by her affair, insurance money andthe desire for a new life. The prosecution's case relied heavily on the testimony of the teenage accomplices. “Billy” Flynn