Smith has been denied parole eight times since 2002, most recently in April 2016.[7] He will next be eligible for parole in 2018. After the failed 2012 hearing, the parole board cited a concern for public safety in its decision, and Robie's parents opposed his release.[8] At that hearing, he told a parole board he would not return to Savona if released, and instead would go to a shelter or halfway house.