Elizabeth Smart
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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.
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.
So then what's happening in that eight years?