Lamarin ya faru ne a cikin nesa 1989 a cikin garin da zai shafi Philadelphia. Sai ya yi jayayya da mai kara kamfanin Charles Charles Alston, bayan ya nemi mai tsaron lafiyarsa don magance laifin. A sakamakon haka, Alston yana asibiti tare da karaya na kasusuwa kusa da ido na hagu. An kama Smitht da shiga cikin takara, an zarge shi da wani hari da yanayi da kuma yanayin laifi. Koyaya, kafin kotu ta zo. "Za a kwashe daren a cikin dakin ofishin 'yan sanda a yammacin Philadelphia tare da wasu fursunoni da a kullum suna farkar da hoton kai tsaye," in ji Insider. - Ya kasance mafi munin dare a rayuwarsa. Yana so ya manta cewa ya faru. "
Zai yiwu kansa ya musanta laifinsa a abin da ya faru. Shekaru da yawa da suka gabata a daya daga cikin tambayoyin, ya ce: "Ba laifina bane. Kowa ya ce in ba haka ba. Amma ba laifina bane. Dukansu sun kasance a cikin Philadelphia. Ofaya daga cikin masu ƙoshin raina ya karya mutumin, kuma ina wurin. Wannan sigar nawa ce, kuma nace a kanta. "