FILE - In this Friday, July 28, 1995 file photo, Susan Smith is escorted from the Union County Courthouse after the jury delivered a verdict of life in prison. Smith was convicted last week of the drowning deaths of her two sons Alex and Michael. Circuit Judge Lee Alford plans to throw out Susan Smith's request for a new trial unless the South Carolina mom convicted of leaving her two young sons in her car to drown in 1994 can come up with better arguments. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)