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Warren Jeffs looks toward the jury in his trial in St. George, Utah, in this September 25, 2007 file photo. U.S. polygamist leader Jeffs, imprisoned for sexually assaulting two girls he had taken as "spiritual wives," was in critical condition on August... View Photo »
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Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, is pictured in this Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison mug shot, released to Reuters August 10,2011. Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison August 9 for sexually assaulting two... View Photo »
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This Aug. 9, 2011 photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows polygamist leader Warren Jeffs in Huntsville, Texas. On Tuesday Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison for one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of... View Photo »
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FILE - This Aug. 9, 2011 file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows polygamist leader Warren Jeffs in Huntsville, Texas. Jeffs has been hospitalized after not eating or drinking enough since his recent conviction on child... View Photo »
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FILE - This Aug. 9, 2011 file photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows polygamist leader Warren Jeffs in Huntsville, Texas. A document filed Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 states that jailed polygamous sect leader Jeffs is seeking a new... View Photo »
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Members of the public and spectators of the court listen as Willie Jessop, former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, makes a statement after the sentencing of sect leader Warren Jeffs, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 in San... View Photo »
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Rebecca Musser, the 19th wife of former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Rulon Jeffs, makes her first statement to the media after a jury sentenced Warren Jeffs to life plus 20 years in prison for one count of sexual assault... View Photo »
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Eric Nichols, special prosecutor for the state, speaks to media after the sentencing was finished in the sexual assault case of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs in San Angelo, Texas, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2011. Jeffs received life in prison plus 20 years and a... View Photo »
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Defense attorneys, from left, Deric Walpole, Emily Detoto and Jed Silverman field questions from the media after a jury sentenced their client Warren Jeffs to life plus 20 years in prison, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. "We respect the... View Photo »
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Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, right, is placed into the back of a waiting car in San Angelo, Texas Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The polygamist leader was sentenced to life in prison for sexually... View Photo »
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Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, left, is led out of the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The polygamist leader was sentenced to life in prison for sexually... View Photo »
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Rebecca Musser, former wife of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Rulon Jeffs, makes a statement to the media after the conviction and sentencing of current FLDS leader Warren Jeffs in San Angelo, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 9,... View Photo »
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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs is walked from the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 after a jury took just 40 minutes to give him life in prison for one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault... View Photo »
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Brent Jeffs, nephew of convicted polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, enters the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Brent Jeffs was a witness for the prosecution and said he was abused by the sect leader when... View Photo »
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Polygamist Warren Jeffs (C) is flanked by Las Vegas Metro Police SWAT officers during an extradition hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this August 31, 2006 file photograph. A Texas jury on August 9, 2011... View Photo »
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U.S. polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs watches his attorneys during a motion hearing before the start of his trial in St. George, Utah in this September 13, 2007 file photo. A Texas jury on August 9, 2011 sentenced polygamist leader Jeffs to life in... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2011, file photo Texas Ranger Capt. Brooks Long, center in cowboy hat, listens as State prosecutor Eric Nichols, right, reads a statement in front of the courthouse in San Angelo, Texas, following the sentencing of polygamist... View Photo »
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State prosecutor Eric Nichols, right, reads a statement in front of the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 after polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison. Jeffs was found... View Photo »
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Rebecca Musser, former wife of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints prophet Rulon Jeffs, enters the Tom Green County Courthouse for the continuing trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, in San Angelo,... View Photo »
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Defense attorneys Deric Walpole, left, and Jed Silverman walk to the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, for the continuing sexual assault trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs. The jury is set to hear closing arguments today in the... View Photo »
About Warren Jeffs
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Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955) was the leader of a controversial Mormon fundamentalist polygamist sect known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church) from 2002 to 2007. Jeffs' position in this organization was reportedly that of absolute ruler. Full Article
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Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, is pictured in this Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison mug shot, released to Reuters August 10,2011. Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison August 9 for sexually assaulting two underage girls he claimed as...
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Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, right, is placed into the back of a waiting car in San Angelo, Texas Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The polygamist leader was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he...
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Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, left, is led out of the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. The polygamist leader was sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he...
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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs is walked from the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 after a jury took just 40 minutes to give him life in prison for one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
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Polygamist Warren Jeffs (C) is flanked by Las Vegas Metro Police SWAT officers during an extradition hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this August 31, 2006 file photograph. A Texas jury on August 9, 2011 sentenced polygamist leader Jeffs to...
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U.S. polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs watches his attorneys during a motion hearing before the start of his trial in St. George, Utah in this September 13, 2007 file photo. A Texas jury on August 9, 2011 sentenced polygamist leader Jeffs to life in prison plus 20 years for sexually...
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Prosecution witness Brent Jeffs, right, walks into the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, for what could be the last day of the trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs. The jury, who convicted Jeffs on two counts of sexual assault of a...
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Convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is escorted into the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. The jury in Jeffs' sexual assault trial is set to hear closing arguments in the penalty phase of the trial and could issue up to 119 years in prison.
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Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is escorted into the Tom Green County Courthouse, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault of a child and could face up to 119 years in prison. The jury is set to hear the closing arguments in the...
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Warren Jeffs, second from left, is escorted out of the Tom Green County Courthouse by law enforcement officials and his attorney Deric Walpole, right, Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs, a polygamist sect leader convicted of child sexual assault walked out of his...
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Warren Jeffs, left, is escorted out of the Tom Green County Courthouse Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs, a polygamist sect leader convicted of child sexual assault walked out of his sentencing hearing in protest Friday, after reading a statement he claimed was from God. ...
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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2011 file photo, Warren Jeffs, right, is escorted out of the Tom Green County Courthouse by a law enforcement officer in San Angelo, Texas. The polygamist leader has been hospitalized after not eating or drinking enough.
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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, front, is helped out of a sheriffs vehicle as he arrives at the Tom Green County Courthouse for the sentencing phase of his sexual assault trial Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas.
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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, left, arrives in wrist and leg shackles to the Tom Green County Courthouse for the sentencing phase of his sexual assault trial Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas.
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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs arrives in hand shackles to the Tom Green County Courthouse for the sentencing phase of his trial Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. A jury convicted Jeffs of child sexual assault Thursday, in a case stemming from two young followers he...
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A law enforcement officer, right, assist Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, left, as he arrives in wrist and leg shackles to the Tom Green County Courthouse for the sentencing phase of his sexual assault trial Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas.
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Lyle Jeffs, brother of Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs arrives walks into the Tom Green County Courthouse for the sentencing phase of his brother sexual assault trial Friday Aug. 5, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas.
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U.S. polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs listens to the jury being polled after handing down the verdicts against him in St. George, Utah, in this September 25, 2007 file photo. Jeffs was found guilty on August 4, 2011 of child sexual assault for his so-called "spiritual marriages" to...
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This September 24, 2007 file photo shows Warren Jeffs watching as the jury leaves the courtroom to restart deliberations during his trial in St. George, Utah. Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was found guilty of sexually assaulting two young girls by a Texas jury on August 4, 2011. ...
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A law enforcement officer, left, escorts Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, center, and his defense advisor Deric Walpole, rear, out of the Tom Green County Courthouse Thursday Aug. 4, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. A jury convicted Jeffs of child sexual assault Thursday, in a case...
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In this courtroom sketch, Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, center, stands in silence as 51st District Judge Barbara Walther, right, and a court employee, left, are shown during the defenses closing arguments at Tom Green County Courthouse Thursday Aug. 4, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas...
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In this courtroom sketch Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, left, J.D. Roundy, center, a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and his attorney, right, are shown during court procedings in the sexual assault trial against Jeffs at Tom Green County...
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A law enforcement officer, left, escorts polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, right, into the Tom Green County Courthouse Thursday Aug. 4, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. The defense rested Thursday in the sexual assault trial against Jeffs in which he served as his own defense.
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Lead prosecutor in the Warren Jeffs sexual assault trial, Eric Nichols, second from left, and members of his team are escorted into the Tom Green County Courthouse Thursday Aug. 4, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs, 55, is accused of sexually assaulting two girls he took as brides...
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Polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs sits in the back of a sheriffs vehicle as he is escorted away from the Tom Green County Courthouse Wednesday Aug. 3, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs gave a delayed opening statement about religious persecution Wednesday and dramatically slowed...
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Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who heads a breakaway Mormon sect, is pictured in this Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison mug shot, released to Reuters August 10,2011. Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison August 9 for sexually assaulting two underage girls he claimed as...
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