Susan Smith, the woman who killed her two sons after driving her car into a lake in South Carolina in 1994, is set to have a parole hearing Wednesday. The case involving Smith and the deaths of her sons Michael and Alex made national and international headlines when the

Susan Smith initially told law enforcement that a man carjacked her and took off with her two children still inside the car in 1994. Smith, who is white, identified the carjacker as Black when she described the alleged late-night carjacking near Union,

Susan Smith was convicted of killing her two children in South Carolina in 1994. After almost 30 years behind bars she is eligible for release.

In October 1994, Susan Smith said a carjacker drove away with her sons in her car. But the whole time, the dead boys were at the bottom of a lake.

Smith's hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20, the state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services said Monday.