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07/11/11 SALT LAKE CITY -- Attorneys for the former street preacher sentenced to life in prison for the 2002 kidnapping and rape of Elizabeth Smart said Monday they won't appeal his conviction and sentence."At the request of our client, a notice of appeal wi ...
07/11/11 A former street preacher sentenced to life in prison for the 2002 kidnapping and rape of Elizabeth Smart will not appeal his conviction, concluding a case that riveted the nation and focused attention on child abduction.
07/10/11 Elizabeth Smart is taking a job with ABC News as a commentator focusing on missing persons and child abduction cases.
07/09/11 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Elizabeth Smart is taking a job with ABC News as a commentator focusing on missing persons and child abduction cases.The Utah woman who was kidnapped from her bedroom at knifepoint, raped and held captive at age 14 by a Salt Lake City street preacher can provide viewers with
05/27/11 SALT LAKE CITY -- Nine years after being kidnapped, tortured and raped, Elizabeth Smart is ready to start a "beautiful" chapter in her life, helping other child victims who can't speak for t
05/26/11 Two life sentences for Brian Mitchell, man who put the 14-year-old girl through 'nine months of psychological hell' For nine months, Elizabeth Smart was the victim. There was little she could do but succumb after she was snatched from her bed at knifepoint as a 14-year-old in 2002, kept tied to a tree like an animal and raped repeatedly by a religious fanatic after what he claimed was a wedding ...
05/26/11 Nine years after being kidnapped, tortured and raped, Elizabeth Smart is ready to start a "beautiful" chapter in her life, helping other child victims who can't speak for themselves or are still missing.
05/25/11 (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ed and Elizabeth Smart exit the Frank E. Moss Courthouse in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, after Brian David Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.
05/25/11 Elizabeth Smart finally got her chance Wednesday to confront the street preacher convicted of holding her captive and raping her for months when she was just 14.
05/25/11 Elizabeth Smart, right, and her father Ed Smart at the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse, Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Smart's assailant, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping and raping her while holding her captive for months.
05/25/11 Elizabeth Smart finally got her chance to confront the street preacher convicted of holding her captive and raping her for months when she was just 14. Now 23, she stood tall in the courtroom - stoic, with an even voice and a strength Brian David Mitchell clearly lacked.
05/18/11 Attorneys for the man convicted of Elizabeth Smart's 2002 kidnapping say he should serve his sentence in a federal mental health facility, not a standard prison.
12/29/10 Elizabeth Smart confronted her kidnapper. Amanda Knox swore her innocence. A gang member is finally convicted in the murder of Chandra Levy.
12/11/10 A federal jury in Salt Lake City rejects an insanity defense and convicts self-proclaimed prophet Brian David Mitchell of kidnapping and repeatedly raping Elizabeth Smart, then 14. He could face up to life in prison. Eight years ago she was a symbol of stolen innocence, snatched from her bedroom at age 14, chained up and raped for nine months before being rescued.
12/11/10 The slow, deliberative arm of the judicial system finally delivered justice. Seven years after a young Elizabeth Smart was...
12/10/10 SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A homeless street preacher was found guilty on Friday of kidnapping teenager Elizabeth Smart, whose abduction from her bed in the middle of the night and harrowing, nine-month ordeal gripped much of America eight years ago.
12/10/10 Homeless street preacher Brian David Mitchell loudly sang Mormon hymns as a jury found him guilty of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart and making her his child bride. FULL STORY | KSTU | BLOG: Disorder in the court
12/10/10 More than eight years after a homeless street preacher abducted and sexually assaulted her, a beaming Elizabeth Smart said that a federal jury's guilty verdicts Friday sent a message that victims can find justice.
12/10/10 Elizabeth Smart, said her father, had "been through hell."
12/01/10 SALT LAKE CITY -- Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart stormed from a Utah courtroom Wednesday as a psychiatrist testified that her alleged attacker had been motivated by a desire to have children and create a new race in an imaginary Zion.
12/01/10 The federal trial of Brian David Mitchell, charged in connection with the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart, is expected to resume Wednesday. | 
