Elizabeth Smart's Testimony — Transcript

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1. 0:10you know there were certainly a lot of
2. 0:11things that I have never heard before
3. 0:14and I had
4. 0:18uh I had no idea what she had gone
5. 0:21through so much out there I uh was very
6. 0:25proud of her the way she was able to be
7. 0:28so forthright and uh and basically paint
8. 0:32the picture of Brian Mitchell of what he
9. 0:34is and uh that if this doesn't clinch
10. 0:39the issue of Competency our nation is in
11. 0:43really really bad shape because it means
12. 0:46that anyone out there can manipulate and
13. 0:49make the court do what it wants and get
14. 0:51away with what they want there's
15. 0:53indications from what she testified to
16. 0:57that um that he is delusional and
17. 1:01there's indications that he also uh is
18. 1:05off off into uh his desires we said all
19. 1:10along that one of the most important
20. 1:12things in this case would be uh those
21. 1:14that spent time with the defendant as
22. 1:17the psychologists have not been able to
23. 1:19conduct psychological testing standard
24. 1:21psychological testing those witnesses
25. 1:24that um that spent time with him and
26. 1:26observed him are the most important and
27. 1:28none more important than Elizabeth um I
28. 1:30thought she was graceful and remarkable
29. 1:33strong um and gave powerful testimony
30. 1:35today