Brian David Mitchell is escorted into the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Brian David Mitchell was arriving for his sentencing for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart in 2002. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Members of the media hold up signs in a window for others outside announcing the sentence for Brian David Mitchell at the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Brian David Mitchell was sentenced to life in prison for the 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Elizabeth Smart, right, and her father Ed Smart talk to the media in front of the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Smart's kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Elizabeth Smart, left, and her father Ed Smart pose for a photo in front of the media in front of the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Smart's kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Members of the media wait for Elizabeth Smart to exit the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Smart's kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Elizabeth Smart talks to the media in front of the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Smart's kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)

Elizabeth Smart, right, and her father Ed Smart leave the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in Salt Lake City. Smart's kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)