Elizabeth Smart

told to speak hoping that maybe my captor hadn't heard the question so that if some way he had been released which had been the norm I wouldn't be in trouble and so I responded with thou sayest

So that means yes?

They handcuffed me.

I mean, honestly, it wasn't until my dad was there.

They had handcuffed me.

They brought me to the police station.

I'm like, if you thought I was innocent, like you would have taken me home.

Isn't it my right to have a phone call?

Like I remember being a kid going into my parents' room at night and they'd be sitting there watching Perry Mason.

I was like, I swear I get a phone call.

I didn't get a phone call.

They didn't take me home.

I mean, it wasn't until then that I was like, it's going to be okay.

Like, I still honestly didn't even know if I was in trouble or not, but I was like, my dad's here.

He's not going to let anyone hurt me.

Yes.

Like, these two people have hurt me.

It's like very broken and disappointing.

We don't have a justice system.

We have a legal system.