Elizabeth Smart’s Kidnapper Wanda Barzee to Be Released From Prison
According to US Weekly, the woman who helped in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart will be released from prison. Barzee was previously denied an early release, on the basis of…
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – FEBRUARY 16: Wanda Barzee (L) looks at her lawyer Scott C. Williams during her forced medication hearing in Judge Judith Atherton’s court February 16, 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Barzee was charged with the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in June of 2002 and the hearing is being held to determine if she should be forced to be medicated in an effort to make her competent to stand trial. (Photo by Steve Griffin-Pool/Getty Images)
Photo by Steve Griffin-Pool/Getty ImagesAccording to US Weekly, the woman who helped in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart will be released from prison.
Barzee was previously denied an early release, on the basis of time served, for the eight years she has spent in prison. The ruling has since been reversed.
In a statement reported in The Salt Lake Tribune, “Upon further review and advice from legal counsel, the board must count time spent in federal custody toward Ms. Barzee’s state sentence,” said the director of administrative services for the Utah Board of Pardoned and Paroled, Greg Johnson
