Elizabeth Smart Tells Kidnapper She'll Live a Good Life Moments Before He Gets a Life Sentence

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Fox News:

A poised Elizabeth Smart stared at her kidnapper Wednesday, nine years after her abduction, and told him and the rest of those gathered in the federal courtroom in Salt Lake City that she will have a good life despite the months of rape.

That chapter of Smart's life finally came to a close when Brian David Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison for what he did to her when she was 14. And he knew what he was doing was wrong, Smart said her her brief statement before the sentencing.

"I don't have very much to say to you," Smart, now 23, said. "I know that you know what you did was wrong. You did it with full knowledge. But I want you to know that I have a wonderful life."

Mitchell did not look at Smart. Instead, he sat in court gently singing with his eyes trained downward.

Smart told Mitchell he took nine months of her life but "in this life or the next, you will have to be held responsible for those actions. I hope you are ready when that time comes."

U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball handed down two life sentences for Mitchell despite efforts from his attorneys to lighten the punishment. Kimball asked Mitchell if he’d like to address the court, but he continued singing.

Kimball called this case an "unusually heinous and degrading set of circumstances that lasted for nine months," Fox13Now.com reported.
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Endgame, and good riddance to the creep.