<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Friday, March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024

Linkedin Pinterest

Jury begins deliberations in Smart kidnapping case

The Columbian
Published: December 9, 2010, 12:00am

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal jury has begun deliberations in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial.

Brian David Mitchell is charged in Salt Lake City’s U.S. District Court with kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines for the purposes of illegal sex.

If convicted, the 57-year-old former street preacher could spend the rest of his life in prison.

The jury has three options in reaching a decision: guilty, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity.

Mitchell’s attorneys have mounted an insanity defense. Attorneys don’t dispute that Smart was taken on June 5, 2002, and held captive for nine months. But they say Mitchell is mentally ill and can’t be held responsible for the crimes.

Loading...