Jury convicts Smart kidnapper

It took the jury just five hours to convict Mitchell, who could face up to life in prison on each count when he is sentenced on May 25. However, a judge also could impose an unspecified, lesser sentence, prosecutors said.

The shackled Mitchell sat singing about Jesus Christ on the cross throughout the reading of the verdicts. He held his hands in front of his chest as though he was praying.
Smart, who aided the conviction with wrenching testimony during the trial, gave a slight smile as she heard the guilty verdicts against Brian David Mitchell on charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines for the purposes of illegal sex.
Smart then turned to her mother and both smiled. Elizabeth Smart later hugged prosecutors in the Salt Lake City courtroom. 
Smart said she was forced into a polygamous marriage and endured nearly daily rapes before she was found.
"It's real!" father Ed Smart said on his way out of the courtroom, giving a thumbs up and echoing the words he told a crowd gathered around a church on March 13, 2003, confirming his daughter had been found.
Mitchell's former stepdaughter Rebecca Woodridge told reporters outside the courthouse that she was shocked that jurors didn't see that Mitchell was mentally ill.
"He honestly believes God tells him to do these things," Woodridge said. "He's upset and frustrated that the Lord is making him go through this."