PHYLLIS CHESLER: IT’S TIME TO BAN THE VEIL….THE CHILLING LESSON FROM THE ALIZABETH SMART CASE
It’s Time to Ban the Veil
The Chilling Lesson from the Elizabeth Smart Case
by Phyllis Chesler
NewsRealBlog http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/901/ban-the-veil-elizabeth-smart
Excerpt:
He hid her in plain sight.
Her face was on posters plastered all over Utah, her kidnapping had launched one of the greatest manhunts in American history. Nevertheless, Brian Mitchell, the man who kidnapped 14 year-old Elizabeth Smart at knife-point in her bedroom actually got away with it for nine months. He kept Elizabeth as his sex slave and “second wife” for that long.
Only now, is he finally standing trial for his crimes; rather, only now is Mitchell’s “competency” to stand trial being legally tested.
This past week, in a hushed courtroom, Elizabeth took the stand.
She explained: Only weeks after her kidnapping, a long-bearded Mitchell and his small hostage were in a Salt Lake City library. A detective–one among many—who were searching for Smart stopped them and asked Elizabeth to lift her veil. However, Mitchell told the police officer that no man other than her husband had the “religious right” to see his “wife’s” face.
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