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Friday October 2, 2009
Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee • Elizabeth Smart: 
The American student Elizabeth Smart has, for the first time, described her nine-month kidnap ordeal after being snatched by a stranger from her bedroom in Salt Lake City seven years ago.Asked by a prosecutor to describe Brian David Mitchell, the self-described prophet accused of holding her captive for nine months, Ms Smart replied: “Evil, wicked, manipulative, stinky, slimy, greedy, selfish, not spiritual, not religious, not close to God.”
Tuesday September 29, 2009
Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee • Elizabeth Smart: 
A federal judge has ruled that Elizabeth Smart can testify in the upcoming mental competency hearing for her accused kidnapper.In a ruling issued Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball denied a defense motion to bar Smart from testifying in the case of Brian David Mitchell.
Monday September 28, 2009
Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee • Elizabeth Smart: 
In letters written to her mother, the woman charged in the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart has sought forgiveness for any pain she has caused and says she expects to spend the rest of her life in prison.Meanwhile her estranged husband will soon face another competency hearing.
Monday October 27, 2008
Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee: 
Once court resumed, Alba entered a “not guilty” plea on behalf of Mitchell, gave prosecutors a week to gather the evidence from the state competency hearing so it could be shared with the judge and defense, and set another hearing for Nov. 12.At that time, Alba is expected to rule on the government’s motion for a competency evaluation for Mitchell at a federal facility.
Saturday October 11, 2008
Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee: Brian David Mitchell, accused in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, does not meet the criteria for forced medication, a 3rd District judge ruled Thursday.Judge Judith Atherton wrote in a 44-page decision that the likelihood that psychotropic medications would help Mitchell is too low to warrant forcing him to take them.
U.S. District Attorney Brett Tolman subsequently announced Friday that his office has started the process to prosecute Mitchell in federal court.
Sunday March 16, 2003
Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee: Associated Press, Mar. 15, 2003
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