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Piccarreta takes on Walther, Wall

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:31:08 GMT

Defense attorney Michael Piccarreta takes on Texas Judge Barbara Walther and rape victim Elissa Wall in a pair of new filings in Arizona.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Estate of dead FLDS leader seeks control of trust

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:32:46 GMT

Attorneys for the executor for the estate of deceased polygamous church leader Rulon Jeffs are asking a judge to remove a communal land trust from state control and return it to the church's governing body.
Source: Deseret News

75 Questions

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:20:10 GMT

Surprise! You won’t have to answer them. But jurors in the Warren Jeffs case did. I was asked about the process followed in Utah back in 2007 for jury selection and thought it might be interesting to offer a second look at that process.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Quoted in 'Polygamist sect member convicted of sexual assault'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:29:31 GMT

Warren Jeffs said in BreakingNews.ie:

I knew that the girl being 16 years old, if she went to the hospital, they could put Raymond Jessop in jeopardy of prosecution as the government is looking for any reason to come against us there.

Jury in Jessop trial will hear closing arguments today

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:26:22 GMT

SAN ANGELO, Texas ELDORADO — Raymond Merril Jessop, a 30-something polygamist sect member, and an underage girl were sealed for “time and eternity” Aug. 12, 2004, in a ceremony performed by “President” Warren Jeffs in his home at the Yearning for Zion...
Source: GoSanAngelo

Polygamists as Packrats

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:14 GMT

What have I learned over the past week watching polygamist Raymond Merril Jessop’s trial in the sleepy west Texas ranching town of Eldorado? Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints save everything.
Source: Double X

RMJ Trial: Day Eight

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:06:40 GMT

The jury missed most of the fun when it came to Rebecca Musser’s testimony today during Raymond Jessop’s trial.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Polygamist's rape conviction appealed

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:15:58 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Lawyers for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs have asked the Utah Supreme Court to overturn his accomplice to rape conviction.
Source: United Press International

She escaped the FLDS, but her daughter wanted to return

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:28:06 GMT

Editor's Note: Today a former member of a polygamist group has taken the stand in the sexual assault trial of the first group member tried since Texas authorities raided the group's ranch last year.
Source: Anderson Cooper 360 Blog

Quoted in 'Jeffs' attorneys argue sect leader faced wrong charge'

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:30:41 GMT

said in Salt Lake Tribune:

Under Utah law, that makes Warren Jeffs an accomplice to rape

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:41:41 GMT

FILE - In this March 2, 2005 file photo, this aerial view shows the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints compound under construction near Eldorado, Texas.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:28:09 GMT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, Warren Jeffs looks toward the jury in his trial in St. George, Utah. One of the jurors was replaced by an alternate, starting the deliberation process anew.

Anderson Cooper 360: Warren Jeffs Compound Raid

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:09:07 GMT