Elizabeth Smart to Face Alleged Abductor in Court

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Seven years since she was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom by knifepoint, Elizabeth Smart will be in the same room on Thursday as her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell.

Smart, now 21, wanted to testify about her nine-month ordeal before she leaves on an 18-month mission to Paris for the Mormon church in early November. Although Mitchell's latest competency hearing isn't scheduled until Nov. 30, U.S. District Dale Kimball ruled Monday that Smart could testify early about her interactions with the self-avowed prophet, who allegedly wanted her as a plural wife.

Wants Justice Served
"It's not something she's looking forward to, but she wants to see justice served," says Smart's father, Ed Smart, who plans to accompany his daughter to court on Thursday. "It's been frustrating for all of us to see it drag on for so many years. Elizabeth has said to me a number of times, 'It's amazing how justice isn't being served. It's obvious that he did what he did - there is absolute evidence that he did what he did.'"

Federal defender Robert Steele says he has no problem with Elizabeth testifying, but he argued that the court should not allow her to give her opinion about Mitchell's sanity. The judge ruled on Monday that "none of Ms. Smart's proposed testimony suggests that she will be opining on anything other than her lay observations."


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IMHO, she is one tough woman. I don't think anybody ever gets over something like this entirely. However, I believe she is coping a lot better than most.

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1. May the goddess give her strength.

Good thoughts and white energy to you, Ms. Elizabeth.

(Seven years??????? WTF????)