captors is about to walk free. wanda barzee convicted of helping her husband brian mitchell kidnap elizabeth smart will be released in just seven days. that's years ahead of the schedule. joining me now is bret, a former u.s. attorney for utah and a prosecutor in the elizabeth smart kidnapping trial. he currently represents elizabeth. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. how. >> good morning, thank you. ainsley: in the world did this happen? will explain where the mistake was? >> well, what have you really is an unfortunate and really devastating gap in the law. she was convicted of both federal and state crimes. but, remember, she was also claiming to be incompetent. that time, when she was in the mental hospital, unfortunately is nearly six years that she is getting credit for, which really is bringing her out of the system much earlier, certainly much earlier than elizabeth would every want. ainsley: six years. she was supposed to be in