' : Smart , she is ` ` thrilled '' and pledges to dedicate her life to journalism . ` ` Today is the ending of a very long chapter , '' she tells reporters . They say the sentence is just . Brian David Mitchell , the homeless street preacher who abducted , raped and kept a 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart captive for nine months , was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday . A jury finds Brian ##na ##y guilty in December .
' : Smart , she is ` ` thrilled '' and pledges to dedicate her life to journalism . ` ` Today is the ending of a very long chapter , '' she tells reporters . They say the sentence is just . A jury finds Brian ##na ##y guilty in December .