High-Profile Defendant Removed From Jury Selection For Singing Hymns In Court

Yesterday in Salt Lake City, Utah, jury selection began in the federal court trial of Brian David Mitchell who is charged in the high profile 2002 kidnapping of then 14-year old Elizabeth Smart. Mitchell insisted on softly singing hymns during the court proceedings.  AP reports that after a half hour of the singing, Judge Dale Kimball ordered Mitchell removed, but to another room where he was still able to watch the proceedings by closed circuit television. It is expected that Elizabeth Smart will return to Utah to testify against Mitchell. Smart is currently serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in France.