Wanda Barzee, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart in 2002, and attempting to kidnap Smart's cousin a month later, is being sentenced in a state and federal court this Friday. She pleaded guilty in 2002 for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. Barzee faces between 1 and 15 years in federal prison. When she entered the court, she apologized to Smart for all of the emotional and physical pain and suffering she put the girl through. Barzee was housed at the Utah State Hospital for the decision of whether or not she was competent to stand in court; they finally decided that she was competent.
I was surprised when I read this; I was surprised that it took them so long. Barzee had already admitted that she was guilty, and yet they put off the trial until years later. I remember hearing about the Smart kidnapping all the time in my past, and it was completely obvious that she and her husband and accomplice (Mitchell) were guilty of the kidnapping, and the attempted kidnapping of her cousin, and rape charges against them from Smart. It was such a big case back then, but then we slowly forgot about it. Until now, when everything is coming back to us, along with her sentencing. I believe that she should be put in prison for the rest of her life for what she did to Smart. It is finally the time for justice in this case.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/19/utah.elizabeth.smart.kidnapper/index.html
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