Elizabeth Smart on Tuesday blasted the pending release of one of her captors, calling it “incomprehensible” and saying she was surprised and disappointed. The parole board previously denied Barzee an early release after declining to include her eight years in federal prison as time served on state charges. Barzee returned to Utah in 2016 after completing her federal sentence in Texas and began serving her Utah prison sentence. In June, the parole board calculated her sentence would continue through January 2024, however that did not account for time served in federal prison. Mitchell is serving two life term sentences in federal prison for kidnapping and sexual assault.

Source: Fox News September 11, 2018 16:56 UTC