Susan Smith parole hearing after drowning kids [Video]

Susan Smith is facing a parole board Wednesday, nearly 30 years after she was convicted of drowning her two young boys in a Union County lake. (Live coverage above) Smith, 53, is serving life in prison after a jury decided not to sentence her to death in her 1995 murder trial. Under the law at the time, she is eligible to ask to be released after serving 30 years in prison. Parole hearings are done virtually in South Carolina with the inmate joining by a video call from prison. Take a look at who is on the parole board here.Parole in South Carolina is only granted about 8% of the time and is less likely on an inmate’s first appearance before the board, in notorious cases or when prosecutors and the families of victims are opposed. Smith falls in all of those categories.Live updates: 11:50 a.m.: Smith’s attorney is speaking …