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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.
14 Jul 2012 · Betty Smithey has been in prison for 49 years without the possibility of parole after she was convicted of killing a baby, but now the "old code lifer" has been granted a chance at freedom by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.
15 Ogo 2012 · Betty Smithey has spent the last 49 years locked up in the Arizona State Prison Complex in Perryville, Ariz. The almost 50 year stint makes Smithey the nation's longest serving female inmate....
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 Ogo 2012 · By ABC News. August 14, 2012, 7:39 AM. August 14, 2012 -- For the past 49 years, Betty Smithey has woken up in a prison cell, the nation's longest serving female inmate. But today she is waking up a free woman. Smithey, now 69, was granted parole by the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency on Monday.
15 Ogo 2012 · Betty Smithey, the longest-incarcerated woman in America, has been released from prison after serving time for a crime that she committed over 49 years ago. At the age of 20, Smithey was found guilty of the first-degree murder of a 15-month old girl.
14 Ogo 2012 · Betty Smithey was a 20-year-old babysiter when she killed 15-month-old Sandy Gerberick, but over the years Smithey changed, according to a prison psychiatrist.
