Smart Family Hires Entertainment Lawyer

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[11th Earl of Mar]

You certainly have wasted enough time dragging Elizabeth through the mud and pretending to be Mitchell's defense lawyer.

Bill Clinton's lawyers and defenders could take lessons from you. The best they could come up with was that Bill's female accusers were 'trailer park trash.'

[Lady Eileen]

The Smart's aren't very smart, are they? What kind of naive dimwits let homeless guys lazy criminals into their homes to do work?

The Smarts are not wise.......Parents are responsible to provide and protect their family.

Rewarding the family with a book and movie deal is to reward bad behavior.

[Lady Eileen]

.....provide for

[11th Earl of Mar]

What kind of naive dimwits let homeless guys / lazy criminals into their homes to do work?

I agree with the statement both ways. But even dimwits don't deserve to have their children kidnapped. [I am not arguing with you Eileen.]

[lakey]

Your Highness,

There are times when tabloids hit upon a truth. Like the numerous stabs-in-the-dark on the Smart threads, full of mainly buckets of garbage - once in a great while, a pinch of an insight.

I confess to having purchased both a Globe & a National Enquirer when Elizabeth was found. But since I have come to detest hairdressers, & cut my own hair (if Gina Lolabrigida can do it, so can I), I haven't read any tabloid.

Sounds as if YOU'RE the one who frequently reads them, or you wouldn't know about Castro & Area 51.

[lakey]

Hey, on FR, that's "maroon."

[lakey]

Why are you using up bandwidth? Please refer to HTML Sandbox for posting information.

[11th Earl of Mar]

In other words... "I said something really stupid by claiming I get my facts from the tabloids. So I will criticize your html skills to divert attention and hope you didn't notice."

Nice try, but it didn't work.

[11th Earl of Mar]

And no need to reply. I will probably see you on the Laci Peterson threads bashing her, claiming that there was something fishy about her death as well.

I can hear you now..."Maybe she staged her own death to make Scott look bad...I never liked Laci's parents. They give me the creeps. They have a wierd religion, you know."

Do you also believe Jessica Lynch staged her own capture because she had some 'hidden desire to be ravished by a Republican Guard soldier'?

Or do you save these twisted theories just for 13 year old Mormon girls?

[lakey]

No need to reply, huh? Why not? You are using the same tired assaults as liberals do, & it is an insult to all members of the Free Republic.

Though I have read a couple of Laci threads, the reason I have not posted on any of them is that it has been obvious from the beginning that Scott Peterson is guilty. On the Smart threads, it was obvious that Richard Ricci was NOT guilty! Get that!

You're the twisted one, adam henry, & not even very original at it.

[11th Earl of Mar]

So the person who believes that Elizabeth smart was kidnapped is twisted?

But people like yourself who parrot Mitchell's defense lawyer and who believe that a 13 year old girl 'ran away' with a man who [coincidentally?] was trying to kidnap young girls, are normal.

You could be a great defense lawyer for child molesters, rapists and kidnappers- "Hey, there was no crime here The girl wanted it!"

For the record, do you also believe that the 12 and 13 year old school girls that Uday Hussein 'took in' were also run aways?

[lakey]

When you learn to write & make sense, let me know.

[Helms]

Columbia University, nah say it ain't so....

[11th Earl of Mar]

When you stop pretending to be Mitchell's defense lawyer, let me know.

[lakey]

Within these threads, I have stated that Elizabeth, whether or not she ran away, she is a victim. I have vehemently stated that Mitchell should never again be allowed on the streets!

Next time, do your homework until your old enough to work with the grownups.

[lakey]

"....stated that Elizabeth, whether or not she ran away, is a victim."

[11th Earl of Mar]

Well good, you are making progress. You are sounding less like Uday with each new post.

[lakey]

And you are sounding more like Sherlock with each passing post. Forget your meds again?

[11th Earl of Mar]

Go back to your tabloids. Free Republic is no place for you.

[Utah Girl]

Mitchell, Barzee appear in court

Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, the two accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart and holding her for nine months, made their first in-person court appearances Tuesday afternoon.

Brian David Mitchell

Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press

The hearings were held separately. Mitchell and Barzee were not in the courtroom at the same time and did not see each other.

Barzee did not say a word during her brief hearing and did not look at the people sitting in the courtroom gallery. But watching her was Barzee's mother, Dora Corbett.

"I just wanted to see her and see what's going on," Corbett told reporters outside the courtroom.

She said she had not talked to her daughter since her arrest and the last time she saw her was about a year ago at her stepfather's funeral.

Corbett said she was "shocked" when she heard Barzee was arrested in connection with Smart's kidnapping. And as for the situation her daughter is in, "I think it stinks, myself."

Nevertheless, Corbett conceded, "They caught her with him."

Mitchell was the first of the two to arrive for his hearing. He wore a yellow jump suit from the jail and orange shoes. His legs were shackled and his hands were handcuffed behind his back.

Mitchell, with his long scraggly beard and long hair, did not say a word during his brief hearing before Judge Judith Atherton. Security was tight with nine deputies watching over the courtroom. No one in the gallery was allowed to sit in the row directly behind Mitchell.

The purpose of the hearing was for the court to get an update on the mental competency evaluations for both defendants.

Mitchell's attorney, David Biggs, said his client's evaluation would not be completed for at least another 30 days, perhaps much longer.

"No significant progress has been made," Biggs said.

As Mitchell was led back to his holding cell by deputies, he looked into the gallery, apparently seeing who was present.

After a short recess, Barzee was brought into the courtroom. She wore a blue jumpsuit from the jail and white shoes. She had her legs shackled and her hands were handcuffed in front of her.

Wanda Barzee

Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press

Barzee's attorneys, Scott Williams and David Finlayson, also said their client's evaluation really wouldn't start until next week and another 30 days, at minimum, would be needed before it can be completed.

Barzee appeared stone-faced and said nothing as she walked in and out of the courtroom.

"She looked very different," Corbett said afterward. "She doesn't have that cheerful smile she used to have."

When asked what caused her daughter to change, Corbett said it was probably a combination of a lot of things but did not elaborate.

"She sure is a different daughter than what she used to be. I don't know what happened," she said.

As for Mitchell, "He used to be a kind, fun man. They used to go to church and do what they were supposed to," Corbett said.

Corbett said if she could deliver a message to her daughter she would simply tell her, "I love her."

Both Mitchell's and Barzee's roll-call hearings were continued until a date to be determined when the mental evaluations are completed.